When did Black start?

Ken Drake

I have a love-hate relationship with Walt Disney’ Pictures’s The Princess and the Frog. It was the only Disney film that I can remember following from production to release; I remember when the titular princess was named Maddy before her name was changed to Tiana.

In case it’s not obvious why I was so excited about this film, I’ll state it outright: It was to be the first movie to feature a Black Disney Princess.

Princess Tiana

The story is good enough; the message (that family a...