American Childhood: Baby Nancy

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Object Project

UNCW Public History

38 episodes

6 days ago

The stuff of history is all around us—it’s in what we eat and wear, where we live and play, and how we work and travel. The Object Project is a podcast about material culture and history, produced by history students of the University of North Carolina Wilmington, in Wilmington, NC, and Dr. Jennifer Le Zotte, assistant professor of US history and material culture.

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American Childhood: Baby Nancy

Object Project

39 minutes 32 seconds

2 years ago

American Childhood: Baby Nancy

Karla Berrios explores the turbulent race context surrounding Baby Nancy, "the first Black baby doll made by African Americans for African Americans." Berrios takes us through the racist history of previous Black dolls, negatively stereotyped by their white creators. Baby Nancy's debut in 1969 follows on the heels of race riots, emerging from the site of one of the most well known clashes, Watts. Listen to hear more about the positive effects of this groundbreaking plaything.