Inside April Marius' Freeport home, there's a treasure trove of antique African-American dolls from the 19th and 20th centuries. She has 350 works of art, crafted from wood and wax, cloth and clay and ...

Since the ’80s and early-’90s days of Christie, Barbie’s black friend, Mattel has tried to repair the damage done to young African-American girls’ self-image with 2009’s So In Style line of ...

ATLANTA — An Atlanta recreation center has transformed into a dollhouse. To celebrate the history and innovation behind action figures, dolls and other beloved toys, a collector is showcasing her ...

HIGH POINT, N.C. — This Black History Month a unique pop-up exhibit by Thankful Heritage Museum highlights the evolution of black dolls throughout history. Founder Effley Howell Sr. said the exhibit ...

As a child Widline Pyrame grew up in Haiti hating her kinky hair so much that she burned her scalp and went bald accidentally after using chemical relaxers to straighten the frizz, which eventually ...

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One mother found out that there can be truth in old sayings like, “One man’s trash is another man’s treasure.” The purchase of a home in Texas came with more than just a change of scenery. Fox26 in ...

It’s not often that people choose a major without knowing anything about the subject, but in the 10th grade, that’s just what Bukola Somide did. A friend at the time, who was senior, told Somide about ...

Tiffany Joyce Wider was hosting her annual all-girl summer camp in Columbia, South Carolina when one of the campers dubbed her “Super Beauty,” because she had the power to make others feel good about ...

Sara Coulibaly, an Ivorian designer and creator of Naima Dolls brand of dark-skinned dolls, holds a new model named Aissa at her office in Abidjan, Ivory Coast ABIDJAN (Reuters) - Frustrated by seeing ...