Yelitsa Jean-Charles spent her childhood hoping to find a Black doll that looked like her but was never able to find one while browsing the toy aisles. Jean-Charles, a first-generation Haitian ...

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DISTRICT HEIGHTS, MD. (WUSA9) — In an apartment complex common room in District Heights, Maryland a group of pre-teen girls sits down at tables full of glue, glitter and sparkling bits of cloth.