Until recently, if you wanted to buy an African-American doll from the American Girl Co.'s historic collection, you had one choice: "Addy Walker," whose ...

A Cincinnati graphic designer and visual activist has launched a startup toy company that will give African-American girls dolls that look like them. 1 weather alerts 1 closings/delays.

An African-American and a Chinese-American doll were both archived in 2014. Girls can, however, create dolls that look like them in light, medium, and dark tones in the “Truly Me” collection.

Model No. 4, pictured above, used the same head mold as the Fantasy Goddess of Africa doll. Both Model No. 8 and Model No. 10 are also African American dolls with different skin tones and hair styles.

American Girl unveils new Civil Rights-era doll 04:33. American Girl is celebrating its 30th anniversary. Since 1986, the business has sold more than 29 million dolls and more than 153 million books.

Pleasant Company/American Girl, Addy Walker doll and Ida Bean, ca. 1933 New-York Historical Society, Gift of Nicole Wagner & Wagner family, 2019.32 / Photo by Glenn Castellano ...

Inside April Marius' Freeport home, there's a treasure trove of antique African-American dolls from the 19th and 20th centuries. She has 350 works of art, crafted from wood and wax, cloth and clay ...

UPPER DARBY, Pa. (CBS) - A frustrated mom says for years she has struggled to find African-American dolls for her daughter for Christmas. Fed up with what she calls an "injustice," the Upper Darby ...

NEW ORLEANS — The "baby dolls," an on-again, off-again Mardi Gras tradition of New Orleans' African American community, are on again. The troupes of women strutting and prancing in bonnets ...