Gabrielle Faisal, a 9-year-old Detroit native, won a prestigious White House award after submitting her artwork entitled, " Enslaved African Americans Built the White House." The third-grader was selected from more than 500 students in her age group to win The White House History Association’s National Student Art Competition, Fox 2 Detroit reported . Gabrielle's drawing, which shows large Black hands holding up the White House with the American flag in the background, pays homage to the enslaved Africans who built the White House. “I was inspired to paint this picture because of the history I read and learned from my father. The White House is a symbol of America that was built by enslaved African Americans,” the Detroit native said. She also explained the meaning of the stripes and colors in the painting. “The white stripes represent the purity of the struggle, the blue means justice and the white stars represent the unity for all people,” Gabrielle told CBS Newspath....
