Litter Quitters Announces 2023 Winners of Video Competition
By Holly Lynne Killian
For The Birmingham Times
“…I believe my hair is a blessing. Even though I’ve been ridiculed for it, and it’s been treated like a toy, I love my hair.”
-Brooklyn Chandler, an 8th grader at Birmingham’s W.J. Christian K-8 School, who was selected as one of 55 U.S. winners of Google’s 15th Annual Doodle for Google contest; birminghamtimes.com, May 19.
“I realized, by taking the [cosmetology] course, that I can actually do this as a career and actually have a job where I enjoy what I do, instead of just working to get paid and to go home,”
-Jayla Buchanan, a junior in Woodlawn’s Academy of Business and Finance, on learning she could do hair and nails as a profession; The Birmingham Times, May 25
Alabama’s ‘Culture of Removal’ Takes Toll on Black Students
