From Barbie to American Girl to Bratz, play through the use of dolls ... people are re-parenting themselves and giving themselves what they needed at that age.” Providing Black girls with dolls that ...

Melissa and Esi were driven by a desire to address an absence of diversity in the toy business to develop dolls that honor ...

“That was a little act of revolution,” Dr. Patricia Turner, an African American studies ... “When I designed this doll, there was a need for the little Black girl to really have something ...

As a young girl, Zoe Oli of Atlanta struggled with her ... Heartbroken, Zoe’s mom, Evana Oli, bought a Black doll, hoping it would help her daughter feel better about herself.

A Doll Like Me is a non-profit organization run by a woman named Amy. She creates unique dolls for unique children, who can ...

“As a Barbie doll designer for more than 10 years, I want African-American girls to know that dolls can represent their career aspirations, hobbies and ethnic backgrounds. Barbie inspired me to ...

Set in Lorain, Ohio — where Morrison herself was born — the book tells the story of Pecola Breedlove, an eleven-year-old African American girl who ... up all having dolls with blonde hair ...

As the doll begins to belt out the girl-power anthem “Let It Go ... in the focus groups I watched were middle class and African American or Hispanic.) “She’s cute thick,” offers ...

the horror output spotlighted malevolent dolls, as can be seen in Curtains (1983) and Black Devil Doll from Hell (1984). It was the latter part of the decade though, specifically the release of ...

Peruse any streamer for Black horror films on Halloween (or any time of the year), and you might notice a good stretch of hit ...

Once the projects had air-dried overnight, the kids treated their American Girl dolls to lunch ... them loving words in rainbow letters with a black matte background. And since my littles have ...