The “American Girl of Today” line, later renamed “Just Like You” and eventually “Truly Me,” allowed girls to choose dolls that looked like them, with a variety of skin tones ...

While there is nothing about Addy’s appearance that even alludes to her trauma, the one American Girl doll for Black children like me was also a 9-year-old girl born into slavery. Her harrowing ...

When the October American Girl catalog launched, fans saw little Ivy Kimble in its pages just like any other model, wearing a sparkly red dress as she held her baby doll close. But Ivy’s ...