Absolutely floored to learn that “The Whitewashing of Missouri” has been awarded a gold medal from the Society of Illustrators🏅I’m truly honored to have played a part in telling this important story and to be recognized for a project that has so much of myself in it. Endless thanks to Illustrators 65 chair Eugenia Mello and to this year’s judges! “Created in partnership with Detour and the Missouri School of Journalism, this animated documentary short tells the story of Pierce City, Missouri, and the racial violence that drove many Black families from the area during the early 1900s. Decades after her ancestors fled the city, Rochelle Fritsch discovered the ugly history that displaced an entire generation of her family and returned to the town to honor their memory.”