Yolanda Hester
Yolanda Hester is an oral historian whose work examines the interplay between art, culture, economics and community relations as it unfolds in African American communities. She’s working on an upcoming book about "The Black Doll Show."
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During the late 19th and early 20th century, many mass-produced black dolls were stereotypical, caricature-like and expressed racist undertones. Shindana Toys helped change the paradigm, irrevocably changing the toy industry today.