From the early-1900s through the 1960s, many doll companies chose the name, Topsy, for Black dolls and incorporated a minimum of three braids or tufts of hair on the dolls’ heads in an effort to portray the character in #UncleTomsCabin. #Topsy #Topsydolls
Tag Archives: Black doll history
Zulu Woman and Baby
Made by South African women this doll pair represents a #Zulu woman and baby. #Africandolls #blackdolls
Ndebele Dolls
Women of the Ndebele tribe of South Africa make Ndebele dolls. Their costumes represent their meaning or status. This post features #Ndebeledolls as tall as 43 inches.
#SouthAfricadolls #Africandolls
Fauna, T. J.’s Gingerbread House Doll
T. J. Robinson’s Gingerbread House in Oakland California sold black cloth dolls. #blackdoll #blackclothdoll #TJRobinsonsGingerbreadhouse #Gingerbreadhouserestaurant,
Claudette Colvin Tribute Doll
A tribute doll to Claudette Colvin who at age 15 was arrested for not giving her bus seat to a white woman in Birmingham, AL. #Jimcrowera, #segregatedsouth #civilrights #blackhistory
Sarah Collins Tribute Doll
A tribute doll to the fifth little girl, a survivor of the 16th Baptist Church bombing in Birmingham, Alabama. #blackhistory #blackdollhistory #ooakblackdoll
Cammie Goes to College
A doll that promotes #HBCUs #blackfashiondoll
Tea Bell Mammy
Example of a 1940s tea bell mammy illustrates #thewaytheysawus
Julia Paper Dolls
Paper doll books of #DiahannCarroll’s role as Julia, the first American TV show to feature an African American woman in a non-stereotypical role #Julia #blackhistory
Black is Beautiful Paper Dolls
“Black is Beautiful” is proclaimed in this 1969 paper doll boxed set of four Black paper dolls. #blackisbeautiful
DeeBeeGee's Virtual Black Doll Museum™ 