“…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.