Tag: black dolls
Barbie’s First Black Friend
Barbie’s First Black Friend Barbie has undergone significant changes since her debut in 1959. She has…
The Doll Test
Once upon a time, in the 1940s, two doctors named Mamie and Kenneth Clark decided to…
Marcus Mosiah Garvey
A Champion of Black Empowerment Born on August 17, 1887, Marcus Mosiah Garvey was a Jamaican-born…
Lenon “Aunt Len” Holder Hoyte
Aunt Len’s Doll and Toy Museum Aunt Len was Lenon Holder Hoyte, a retired public…
Richard Henry Boyd
The first black-owned doll company was founded in 1911 by a formerly enslaved man named Richard…
Making Progress
Making Progress When I started the Black Dolls Matter® campaign on social media, it was very…