In his native Ghana, Dr. Kwaku Ofori-Ansa always knew that kente cloth had a special significance. “It was always around, but not something to be seen on a daily basis. It used to be for very ...

In this Wednesday, July 25, 2012 photo, historic black cloth dolls appear on display in New Orleans. Amid rare antique dolls crafted in porcelain, whimsical Kewpies and homage to contemporary icon ...

Auto worker's black-history quilt memorializes 5,000 souls lost to lynch mobs in U.S. April Shipp's named her black-history quilt "Strange Fruit" and topped it with two full-size hangman nooses.

Interest in black cloth dolls from the Victorian era and early 20th century has grown in the past decade, she said. That’s because of a 2007 exhibit of dolls made from 1870 to 1930, from the ...