American Girl dolls (from left) Josefina Montoya, Addy Walker and Kirsten Larson. History is repeating itself at American Girl, and fans are here for the nostalgia. The brand announced in an Instagram ...

The 18-inch doll has brown eyes and dark shoulder-length hair styled to the period with ringlets and a hair bow. American Girl designed a brand-new doll sculpt — including an all-new face mold — for ...

Addy Walker wasn’t my first Black doll, but she was my last. First, there were my brown Cabbage Patch dolls with black yarn hair, pinched faces and plush bodies that smelled like baby powder. Then ...

Fact: The fictional story of Addy Walker, the American Girl doll, is based, in part, on the story of a real person who lived in Durham at what is now Historic Stagville in the 1800s. Addy's story ...

Addy is the fifth most popular doll in the American Girl doll series. But, did you know that the girl she's based on actually spent time in Durham? Addy Walker's story is based on the life of Mary ...

Remember the '80s Cabbage Patch Kids craze? And the '90s when car dashboards spilled over with Beanie Babies? Some people never let a kid touch those novelties and cast an eye to the future, hoping ...

This essay was originally published in Salon on May 15, 2021. We're revisiting Salon's Best Life Stories of 2021 now through the end of the year. Read more Best of 2021 here. Addy Walker wasn’t my ...