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American doll and apparel line, American Girl, has recently released their second African American doll in 25 years of business.

The first Black doll, known as Addy Walker, was the single African-American character in the company’s Historic Collection, and a former slave.

Their latest character, Cécile Rey, “a bold, confident girl from a well-to-do African-American family,” tells a different story.

Read more at Huffington Post

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