When she was a child, Black + Green Mama writer Kenrya Rankin Naasel’s father only allowed her and her sister to play with dolls that reflected their reality — translation, black dolls. As a result, ...

NASHVILLE — Early in the Great Depression, Portia Howe Sperry put Brown County women to work sewing soft cotton rag dolls with wool-stuffed jointed arms and legs and simple hand-painted faces that ...

"I want the world to think good things about Brown boys. We aren’t bad, or mean, or trouble; we are smart, fun, and creative," says Demetrius "Lil Dee" Maurice Davis, Jr. Joelle Goldstein is a Senior ...

Blonde-haired, blue-eyed Barbie dolls once took over the aisles of toy stores as the only plastic playmates offered to young girls. Now, those same aisles are gradually adding diversity with the ...

When Múkami Kinoti Kimotho’s daughter, Zara, was four years old, she began to question her looks. Getting ready for school, once a relaxing bonding moment for Kimotho and her daughter, became steeped ...

Actress and comedian Thenjiwe Moseley has called out Pep stores for the alleged price difference between white and brown dolls, as well as the features of the brown doll, which she believes aren't a ...

In the thick of the holiday shopping season, moms who want to purchase Black dolls for their daughters now have two more options to choose from. The iconic Kenya Doll, who made her way into millions ...

One of your dolls is dressed in patriotic red, white and blue, and she has a heart-shaped flag on her chest. Tell us about her. I made her about a year after 9/11. It was such a sad remembrance, and ...