Betty Boop is largely recognized as an iconic cartoon ... African American jazz singer and entertainer – who many say was the original black Betty Boop. During the late 1920s, Esther “Baby ...

the United States’ first African American woman pilot, in biographical cartoons. Despite a segregated military, black people contributed significantly to the war effort, serving bravely overseas ...

African and African American children don’t have many opportunities to see themselves when watching cartoons or television programs aimed toward ages one-year-to-10 years old. Nigerian animator ...

It’s not widely known, but Esther Jones — a black Harlem singer who performed regularly at the Cotton Club as Baby Esther — was an inspiration for the beloved cartoon sex symbol Betty Boop.

For generations, African American hair braiding styles have held ... As young Black children see images of themselves in books, dolls and cartoons with braids, they feel more seen.