Are you an artist?   Can you tell a story visually?

FOOTSTEPS is looking for illustrations in connection with past, present, and future themes. Could you be the one to help us out? We want your ideas!

This is all you have to do:

• Check out our Privacy Policy.
• Look at the list of themes below.
• Choose one, or maybe two, that interest you.
• Do some research on the topic or topics you chose. (You can check out the issue if it has already been published.)
• Send us your ideas for a poster (also send a short caption that can be used for the poster or on its own to describe a particular issue).

That's it! Sounds easy, right? Well, why don't you give it a try?

*  Please make sure that you are sending us an original idea.
* *  Have a parent or guardian certify that the idea is original.

Charter:   Sengbe and the Amistad
January / February 1999:   54th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry
March / April 1999:   Black Cowboys & Cowgirls
May / June 1999:   Blacks in Whaling
September / October 1999:   Mansa Musa, King of Mali
November / December 1999:   Sally Hemings
January / February 2000:   Blacks in the Gold Rush
March / April 2000:   Negro Leagues Baseball
May / June 2000:   From Montgomery to Birmingham
September / October 2000:   Toussaint L'Ouverture and Haiti
November / December 2000:   Slavery at Mount Vernon
January / February 2001:   Liberia
March / April 2001:   Voluntary Immigration to the United States
May / June 2001:   American Negro Theater (1930s - 1950s)
September / October 2002:     Great Northern Migration
November / December 2002:     Blacks at the White House
January / February 2003:     Underground Railroad
March / April 2003:     Thurgood Marshall and Civil Rights
May / June 2003:     Black Folk Art
September/October 2003:     Blacks in the Military
November/December 2003:     Paul Robeson
January/February 2004:     Black Churches
March/April 2004:     Langston Hughes and the Harlem Renaissance
May/June 2004:     Black Scientists
September/October 2004:     Civil War Reconstruction
November/December 2004:     At the Movies
January/February 2005:     Black Inventors
March/April 2005:     Women Writers
May/June 2005:     Sports Heroes

Now, it is up to you. Show FOOTSTEPS what you can do! We are looking forward to receiving your ideas. And don't forget to have fun with your creativity!
GOOD LUCK!