American Girl's Third Black Doll Is From The Civil Rights Era And People Think She's Amazing

Her name is Melody Ellison, and she’ll be available this summer.

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"I think the doll industry has a very heavy responsibility in reflecting what is true about our society," Julia Prohaska, senior director of global brand at American Girl, told CBS This Morning.

American Girl consulted with an advisory board of historians and educators, including the late civil rights activist Julian Bond, to assist with the doll's design and story.

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This Might Be Why Neville Needed The Remembrall In "Sorcerer's Stone"

“The only problem is, I can’t remember what I’ve forgotten.”

Neville Longbottom is best known as the timid Gryffindor who initially struggled to understand why he was sorted into the bravest house at Hogwarts.

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He was also very absent-minded and needed to be reminded of things often by his Gran, Augusta Longbottom.

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Remember in the first Harry Potter film, when he receives a Remembrall during mail delivery?

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Well, as it was explained by Hermione Granger, the school's cleverest witch, if a Remembrall turns red, that means you've forgotten something.

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