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• The African-American artists exciting savvy collectors
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• African American History Month

Another early black doll company owned and operated by African Americans was Shindana Toys, founded in Los Angeles in While the show features female dolls, there are 30 male dolls, including one who is named Aaron who sits in a chair with a baseball cap and a baseball. The date is unknown, but his facial features are more accurate than those of other dolls in the show. The celebrity dolls in the show include the Barack and Michelle Obama inauguration dolls gussied up in a tuxedo and gown.

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There is also a doll modeled after the ballerina Misty Copeland and a Serena Williams doll modeled after the tennis player. Another doll is modeled after Bessie Coleman, the first African American female pilot, who is wearing goggles and leather jacket. The exhibition also features a selection of Barbie dolls made by Mattel, including one plus-size doll.

The exhibition offers insight not only on how children see themselves, but how they bring their own self-confidence into everyday life. Topics Art and design. Order by newest oldest recommendations. Show 25 25 50 All. While there are many reasons and examples that I could point towards, let me raise five concerns or challenges that African Americans — in fact — all Americans — face that black history can help address:.

You can tell a great deal about a country and a people by what they deem important enough to remember, to create moments for — what they put in their museum and what they celebrate. In Scandinavia — there are monuments to the Vikings as a symbol of freedom and the spirit of exploration. In Germany during the s and s, the Nazis celebrated their supposed Aryan supremacy through monument and song. While America traditionally revels in either Civil War battles or founding fathers.

Yet I would suggest that we learn even more about a country by what it chooses to forget — its mistakes, its disappointments, and its embarrassments.

In some ways, African American History month is a clarion call to remember. Yet it is a call that is often unheeded. For nearly years slavery not only existed but it was one of the dominant forces in American life.

Political clout and economic fortune depended on the labor of slaves. And the presence of this peculiar institution generated an array of books, publications, and stories that demonstrate how deeply it touched America. In , the Smithsonian Institution, about to open an exhibition that included slavery, decided to survey 10, Americans.

It is my hope that with greater focus and collaboration Black History Month can stimulate discussion about a subject that both divides and embarrasses. As a historian, I have always felt that slavery is an African American success story because we found ways to survive, to preserve our culture and our families. Slavery is also ripe with heroes, such as slaves who ran away or rebelled, like Harriet Tubman or Denmark Vessey, but equally important are the forgotten slave fathers and mothers who raised families and kept a people alive. I am not embarrassed by my slave ancestors; I am in awe of their strength and their humanity.

I would love to see the African American community rethink its connection to our slave past.

I also think of something told to me by a Mr. Johnson, who was a former sharecropper I interviewed in Georgetown, SC:. Though the slaves were bought, they were also brave.

Though they were sold, they were also strong. While the African American community is no longer invisible, I am unsure that as a community we are taking the appropriate steps to ensure the preservation of African American cultural patrimony in appropriate institutions. Whether we like it or not, museums, archives, and libraries not only preserves culture they legitimize it.

Therefore, it is incumbent of African Americans to work with cultural institutions to preserve their family photography, documents, and objects. While African Americans have few traditions of giving material to museums, it is crucial that more of the black past make it into American cultural repositories. A good example is the Smithsonian, when the National Museum of American History wanted to mount an exhibition on slavery, it found it did not have any objects that described slavery. That is partially a response to a lack of giving by the African American Community. This lack of involvement also affects the preservation of black historic sites.

Though there has been more attention paid to these sites, too much of our history has been paved over, gone through urban renewal, gentrified, or unidentified, or un-acknowledged. Hopefully a renewed Black History Month can focus attention on the importance of preserving African American culture. There is no more powerful force than a people steeped in their history. And there is no higher cause than honoring our struggle and ancestors by remembering.

As the African American Community diversifies and splinters, it is crucial to find mechanisms and opportunities to maintain our sense of community.

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As some families lose the connection with their southern roots, it is imperative that we understand our common heritage and history. The communal nature of black life has provided substance, guidance, and comfort for generations. And though our communities are quite diverse, it is our common heritage that continues to hold us together.

One thing has not changed.

That is the need to draw inspiration and guidance from the past. And through that inspiration, people will find tools and paths that will help them live their lives. Who could not draw substance from the creativity of Madame CJ Walker or the audacity and courage of prize fighter Jack Johnson. Or who could not continue to struggle after listening to the mother of Emmitt Till share her story of sadness and perseverance.

And I draw inspiration from the anonymous slave who persevered so that the culture could continue. Let me conclude by re-emphasizing that Black History Month continues to serve us well. Experiencing Black History Month every year reminds us that history is not dead or distant from our lives.

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