Kirsten Larson moved to Minnesota in 1854 at age 9 when her family left Sweden. That year, she lost a friend to cholera, made ...

Aurora Fenzl brought a Kirsten doll to a program about American Girl dolls Saturday at the Minnesota History Center. (Greta Kaul/The Minnesota Star Tribune) ...

HIGH POINT, N.C. — This Black History Month a unique pop-up exhibit by Thankful Heritage Museum highlights the evolution of black dolls throughout history.

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 ...

Rebecca joins 14 other historical dolls in the series — from Kaya, a Nez Perce girl set in 1764, to African-American Addy, a Civil War doll, to World War II-era Molly, part of an Irish immigrant ...

The Thankful Heritage Museum is a nonprofit that has traveled all over North Carolina for 31 years, sharing Black history and culture through its mobile museum displays. Right now, it has a unique ...

“Almost all of these dolls have some type of history,” Howell said. “They’re not dolls you can just go out and buy at a ...

Black Barbie turned 45 over the weekend, marking nearly half a century of hard fought representation on store shelves.

FEBRUARY, BLACK HISTORY MONTH ... THEM DIDN’T HAVE BLACK DOLLS UNTIL THE 60S. OR REALLY THE EARLY 70S. AND THEN THE BOYS HAD G.I. JOE, A YOUNG GIRL WILL GET A DOLL, AND THEN SHE CAN FANTASIZE ...