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It's hard to find Black princesses to appear at children's birthday parties and if you manage to hire one, she'll usually be appearing as Tiana, Disney’s first Black princess from the 2009 film "The Princess and The Frog." TODAY talked to women who are righting that wrong. "Having Black women play this role for little girls can be seen as a mode of resistance, a way of telling little girls that yes, you can aspire to it," says Patricia Davis, a critical/cultural studies scholar at Northeastern University.

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