Grand Rapids teen designs Black History Month shirts with powerful message sold by Meijer Updated Feb 28, 2021; Posted Feb 28, 2021 Grand Rapids teen Elijah Brown was tapped by Meijer this month to design Black History Month shirts, which have since been sold at all 220 Meijer stores around the Midwest. (Courtesy photo by West Michigan Center for Arts + Technology) Facebook Share GRAND RAPIDS, MI – Elijah Brown thinks Black history is something that should be honored every single day, not just during the month of February. That message served as the 16-year-old’s inspiration when he designed Black History Month shirts that are now being sold in hundreds of retail stores across the country.