“My start was collecting baby dolls and of course collecting African-American dolls as a way to help teach my daughter about different things, about her race and culture,” said Stennis-William ...

Rebecca joins 14 other historical dolls in the series — from Kaya, a Nez Perce girl set in 1764, to African-American Addy, a Civil War doll, to World War II-era Molly, part of an Irish immigrant ...