Sugarfoots

Annapolis book festival has pages for all ages
Maryland Gazette; 4/16/2005; 731 words; ...Celebrate Black History with accomplished actress and storyteller Barbara El Wilson. She will present "Sugarfootin' With Sugarfoots," an exciting fusion of multicultural storytelling, comic overture and audience participation. Gardeners of all ages can...

Book Festival a draw for all ages
Capital (Annapolis); 4/15/2005; 1069 words; ...Celebrate Black History with accomplished actress and storyteller Barbara El Wilson. She will present "Sugarfootin' With Sugarfoots," an exciting fusion of multicultural storytelling, comic overture and audience participation. -- Gardeners of all ages...

El Wilson, Barbara 1959–
Contemporary Black Biography; 1/1/2003; 1654 words; ...Wilson is the creator and owner of the Sugarfoots doll “empire.”...very successful business. Today, the Sugarfoots dolls reflect contemporary society...clerical work, dollmaker 1992-; owner of Sugarfoots. Memberships: Womens’ President...

The colors of love: Variety of black dolls.(M)(Washington Weekend)
The Washington Times; 11/15/2001; 2530 words; ...term of endearment," Mrs. Wilson explains. "People tell it to people they love." Today, Mrs. Wilson is surrounded by sugarfoots - cocoa-, ginger- and cinnamon-complexioned dolls that she has created and clothed in colorful, African-inspired prints...

An Education in Ethnicity--With a Smile; Dollmaker Happily Spreads a Message
The Washington Post; 10/26/2000; 1219 words; ...was a simple hobby. Now, she owns Sugarfoots, an ethnic doll company that hosts...a book series. Wilson, who started Sugarfoots in 1992, runs the business out of her...Babelle, who tries to find homes for the Sugarfoots, who come to life in the book. Babelle...