In the American Girl Historical Characters line, for which the company is probably best known, there is only one Mexican American doll, three Black dolls, one Native American doll and one Native ...

(American Girl Doll will also be donating $100,000 in funds and products to Harlem School of the Arts and its HSA Prep program, which provides training in the arts to students aged 12 to 18.) ...

The new Mexican-American doll and its accompanying 152-page paperback, "Marisol," by nationally recognized Latino author Gary Soto, has stirred controversy that has American Girl in a tizzy.

"Josefina, an American Girl doll living in what we now call New Mexico during the time between Mexico declaring its independence from Spain and the Mexican American War, does not have an opinion ...

Other permanent dolls of color include native Nez Perce girl Kaya and Mexican Josefina. An African-American and a Chinese-American doll were both archived in 2014. Girls can, however, create dolls ...

American Girl announces its newest historical doll, Melody, a 1960s singer from Detroit. Here are the historical dolls -- current and archived -- Melody is joining.

American Girl dolls have been in circulation since 1986 and 32 million dolls have been sold. Its founder, Pleasant Rowland, sold the line to Mattel in 1998 for $700 million.

American Girl is bringing its historic dolls — Samantha Parkington, Kirsten Larson, Molly McIntire, Felicity Merriman, Addy Walker and Josefina Montoya — in honor of the brand's 35th anniversary ...