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Anna Nicole Smith’s Daughter Models for Guess

It looks like little Dannielynn Birkhead is following in her mother’s modeling footsteps. The six-year-old daughter of the late Anna Nicole Smith will star in the spring 2013 Guess Kids campaign – two decades after the Playboy playmate posed for Guess herself. (Image Credit: Guess Inc.)

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African-American Baby Names

The African-American culture has many baby names that are worlds away from the oft-used monikers like Dick and Jane. After losing their traditional African names and taking the names of their slave owners, African-Americans dealt with racial discrimination by choosing common names to help them fit in. That ended with the civil rights movement, when they began to choose names more reflective of their individuality, their culture and their faith. Syracuse University professor Boyce Watkins says, “Afrocentric baby names are a wonderful way to provide a daily cultural reminder of your child’s roots.”