Ruby B. Pencil

Ruby B. Pencil by Karen Oyekanmi

After I saw this Ruby B. pencil by Karen Oyekanmi in her video during the American Black Beauty Doll Artists (virtual) Festival of Black Dolls Show and Sale, I went to her Etsy shop to get a better look. I then contacted the artist directly to order. I love it!

The Ruby B. doll is attached to a pencil. In its pipe-cleaner arms, the doll holds a mock book (this one is titled Thumbelina). The wooden head has painted hair and two Afro puffs and a center white bow. Too cute! She wears a white dress and has lace-wrapped ankles and painted-on black shoes.

Certificate of authenticity

It comes with a certificate of authenticity and will display well with my Ruby B. doll by Karen as illustrated in the last picture.

 

The recently released book, Ruby Bridges This is Your Time by Ruby Bridges, is displayed with a Ruby B. doll and the Ruby B. pencil by Karen Oyekanmi.

The doll and pencil are a tribute to Ruby Bridges, a civil rights activist who at the age of six, desegregated the William Franz School in New Orleans, Louisiana in 1960. The children's book, Ruby Bridges This is Your Time, is written by Ruby Bridges as a letter to inspire youth to become active and engaged in the pursuit of equality "as the struggle for liberty and justice for all" continues.

Check out Karen's Etsy shop here.

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