You begged for a Samantha, read all six of her books and even managed to score her brass twin bed (lucky). Ah, yes: The ’90s American Girl doll craze. Those were the days. But in retrospect, some of ...

KINDERHOOK, N.Y. -- Addy Walker is a 10-year-old African-American, born a slave, living around the time of the Civil War. After escaping from a plantation with her mother, she adapts to a new life as ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 accompanying books told the story of her escape ...

Don’t Let This Flop is released Wednesdays on all audio streaming platforms, including Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Amazon Music, Stitcher and more. If you were a tween in the 1990s, and of a certain ...

American Girl taps one of the most lauded eras of Black history for its latest addition with bestselling author Brit Bennett penning the doll’s story. Brit Bennett, left. [Photos: Courtesy American ...

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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 holiday season, American Girl characters Samantha, Addy and Josefina can celebrate the Christian holiday of Christmas, the Jewish holiday of Hanukkah or Diwali, the festival of lights observed by ...

Doll company American Girl has made steps in recent years to diversify its popular lineup and did so again this past Friday with the naming of its “Girl of the Year” doll. The latest is ...