When Healthy Roots Dolls first launched its Kickstarter campaign to fund its toy company that “creates dolls and storybooks that teach natural hair care to young girls of color,” the response was ...

It started when I revamped a Raggedy Ann to look like Alice Cooper's rotting, hung corpse. I love to make dolls. I love to call myself a doll-maker, or a dulmacher because that name reminds me of ...

Frustrated by an inability to find a doll that highlighted her three daughters’ beautiful African-American features, Angelica Sweeting created one of her own. Sweeting, 27, of Miami, Florida, created ...

Byrd’s stock of beautiful natural dolls are almost sold out. She’s currently expanding her company to Australia, the UK and Africa. There’s even a growing waiting list to provide customers with this ...