Legendary model and activist Mama Cax gets her spotlight with new Google Doodle

If you've yet to spot the attention-grabbing artwork on Google's homepage, now is the time to bask in its glory -- and to read about the star of the illustration, Haitian American model and disability rights activist Mama Cax. The illustration was commissioned by Google in honor of Black History Month, continuing a Doodle legacy of shouting out important Black figures who haven't gotten their fair share of the historical record. Others who have donned the homepage mantle include baseball history-maker Toni Stone and father of modern video games Jerry Lawson. Mama Cax's illustration was created by Brooklyn-based artist Lyne Lucien(Opens in a new tab), a previous Doodle creator known for lively and brightly-illustrated pieces of art that have donned magazine pages, museum walls, and even world heritage exhibitions in collaboration with UNESCO. Mama Cax was born in 1989 in Brooklyn, New York, as Cacsmy Brutus, but spent her childhood in Port-au-Prince, Haiti.