Sumer Strawbree News Today

Food, music and vendors were on display in the historic town of Eatonville celebrating the civil rights icon.

ORLANDO, Fla. -- The past year has been life changing for Sumer Strawbree since the release of her first coloring book filled with affirmations for girls of color, and on Saturday she returned to the children’s business fair where she first showcased it. Wearing strawberry earrings and a hot pink blazer, the 13-year-old whose real name is Lauryn Jones stood proudly at her booth inside the gym ...

Wearing strawberry earrings and a hot pink blazer, the 13-year-old whose real name is Lauryn Jones stood proudly at her booth inside the gym at Milwee Middle School in Longwood, where she gave out signed copies of her first book, “Black, Brown & Beautiful,” along with her two most recent books. Photos were strewn about the table, showing the faces of customers happy with their copies of the first book that sold more than 5,000 copies in the last year and led to an appearance on The Kelly...