Alysha Dixon

Alysha Dixon was a six-year-old African-American girl from Detroit, Michigan, whose life ended far too soon, leaving behind a family and community grappling with a loss that feels both intimate and unspeakably large. In the space where her laughter once lived, there is now a quiet that feels heavier than words, a stillness that does not match the memory of a child who should have had years ahead of her to run, to learn, to grow, and to dream. Her name, spoken now in past tense, carries with it t ...