The way Shindana pioneered Nancy’s hair is particularly notable. The first Baby Nancy dolls had rooted black synthetic hair that may have come from Mattel’s suppliers: long, fine and straight ...

Fifty years after one Black doll stood in for every non-white consumer, there are 70 distinct and active Baby Alive dolls on the market. Beyond various skin tones and hair types, the brand’s ...

It was shaped like a baby and miraculously could do some things that babies did. The Baby Alive ... doll trauma, whether it was Barbie, a Bratz, a Tearie Dearie, a Chrissie Doll with the Hair ...

A child forms a unique bond with their doll. Dolls offer youngsters ... included an African American Baby Alive — a timely acknowledgment of the importance of Black consumers and the heightened ...