The video in this installation was presented as a PowerPoint slideshow presentation for the Motor City Doll Club’s May 21, 2023, meeting. The presentation, now converted to an MP4 video, includes dolls that fall into the museum categories of modern and one-of-a-kind black dolls. Some of the dolls are installed in the museum. View the video and then follow the links to the installations below the video.
The Hallelujah Sisters by Wyatt Hicks
Leontyne Grace by Frantz Brent-Harris
She Wears It Well by Frantz Brent-Harris
Roddy Fashion Dolls (one is owned by Frantz Brent-Harris; he designed the clothes and shoes for the other).
Dorothy Counts by Rachel McCullough Sherrod of Starkey’s Daughter Cloth Dolls
Amanda 3 by Rachel McCullough Sherrod is included in the video, while the first Amanda by Rachel is installed in this museum.
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