Harriet Jacobs, who escaped enslavement to write Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl (1861), created these three dolls for the children of writer Nathaniel Parker Willis around 1850-60. Private ...

ELLINGTON -- When Nordstrom's wanted to order Jennifer Vallez's handmade dolls for 76 stores, she turned down the luxury department store chain. "I was heartbroken, but I knew I was making the right ...

PETERSBURG — In celebration of Black History Month, the traveling exhibit Freedom Culture Art Dolls Museum will make a stop at the Petersburg Public Library. Over 200 handmade cloth dolls will be ...

When Sandy Taylor was a girl, her whole family made doll clothes: her sister, her mother, even her father, who worked shifts at a factory. The Taylor sisters had Barbies, and those Barbies had dozens ...

Handmade Black Dolls at the Mingei Nina and Naia Helms are in their playroom, in front of a tub of Barbie dolls. "We have a whole lot of different barbies," said 10-year-old Nina. "A whole lot," said ...

WADSWORTH, Ohio — Jan householder is waiting on the pediatric floor of MetroHealth Medical Center . "Getting ready to give doll 70,000 to a special little girl, she told us. You heard that correctly: ...

In a world obsessed with designer toys and collectables like Labubu dolls, it's easy to forget how powerful a simple handmade doll can be. I grew up surrounded by them. Long before I’d heard the term ...

Congress clinches $1.2T funding deal for DHS, Pentagon, domestic agencies Body of Canadian woman, 19, found surrounded by dingoes on Australian island At 80, Dolly Parton remains our most unlikely ...