Juneteenth On The Yard
Elijah Rutland, FAMU scholar, artist, and influencer on what Juneteenth means to him as a student and what the celebration means in the larger context of being Black in America.
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Elijah Rutland, FAMU scholar, artist, and influencer on what Juneteenth means to him as a student and what the celebration means in the larger context of being Black in America.
Bio: Elijah Rutland, a senior Graphic Design scholar at Florida A&M University (FAMU) in Tallahassee, FL., is the founder and creator of the rapidly-emerging Fix My Sole brand(www.fixmysole.com). The brand specializes in the artistic customization of sneakers as well as the conceptualization and execution of unique digital illustrations. Rutland got his start by sketching shoe designs on paper in elementary school because his parents would not buy him the expensive sneakers he wanted. In fact, Rutland recounts how his father told him he would “buy shares of NIKE stock rather than NIKE sneak...