The exhibit includes 135 handmade antique dolls — some that were made by enslaved people — and about 60 period photographs ...
THE FACIAL FEATURES OF AFRICAN AMERICANS ... It even has a few dolls from the Shindana Toy Factory, which mass-produced the first ethnically correct Black doll in the late 1960s.
Proud and Beautiful African American Doll Collection” opens Feb. 1 at t Museum, 1859 E. Lexington Ave., with an opening reception will be held from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. The exhibit will remain on display ...
Inspiration, self-love and growth are three reasons Howell named the exhibit "Black Butterfly" Proud and Beautiful African American Doll Collection. It aims to show the metamorphosis in African ...