Walt Disney introduces first black American princess
News
oi-Staff
By Super Admin
London
(ANI):
After
Barack
Obama
claimed
his
place
in
history
as
America''s
first
black
president,
Walt
Disney
has
introduced
its
first
black
American
Princess.
Princess
Tiana,
of
the
animated
film
"The
Princess
and
the
Frog",
hails
from
New
Orleans.
Dreamgirls
star
Anika
Noni
Rose
will
lend
her
voice
for
the
character
and
talk
show
queen
Oprah
Winfrey
plays
her
mother.
Rose
says
that
she
is
thrilled
with
the
film.
“This
feels
amazing," The
New
York
Daily
News
quoted
Rose
as
telling
People
magazine.
"Not
only
is
she
the
first
black
princess,
she's
the
first
American
princess.
We've
never
had
an
American
princess.
So
the
scope
and
significance
is
larger
than
people
even
realize,"
she
added.