school desegregation – DeeBeeGee's Virtual Black Doll Museum™

Elizabeth Eckford

Elizabeth Eckford is a 20-inch felt and cloth, one-of-a-kind portrait doll of 15-year-old Elizabeth Eckford, one of the “Little Rock Nine” students who desegregated Central High School in Little Rock Arkansas on September 4, 1957. #littlerocknine #centralhighschool #schooldesegregation #civilrightsmovement

Wilma

Wilma was inspired by the Norman Rockwell Painting “The problem We All Live With,” depicting Ruby Bridges.

Ruby Bridges

Photograph courtesy of Rachel McCullough Sherrod of Starkey’s Daughter Cloth Dolls Name: Ruby Bridges (a one-of-a-kind doll) Made by and When: Starkey’s Daughter Cloth Dolls, January 2020 Material: The face, arms and legs are made of a wool blend felt. The head and torso are a cotton blend. Marks: Signed and dated by the artist,Continue reading “Ruby Bridges”