The doll's anniversary look pays tribute to its original design created by Kitty Black Perkins. To celebrate the 45th anniversary of the first Black Barbie, Mattel has released a special edition ...

Mattel revealed a new line of fully customizable Barbie dolls at this year’s Toy Fair. Retailing for $100, the Barbie Basics: ...

Visitors can walk through a huge, human-scaled Barbie dream house that’s a re-creation of the 1979 plastic version. The ...

Willy Lew This year, Barbie also celebrates the 45th anniversary of the first Black Barbie doll which was designed by trailblazing designer Kitty Black Perkins. To commemorate the anniversary ...

Copeland is the first black principal dancer at the American Ballet Theatre. Mattel released the first female President and Vice President Barbie dolls on ... (like man buns and cornrows), body ...

But it wasn't until 1980 that Barbie herself was available as a Black or Hispanic ... In 2017, new Ken dolls were released with diverse features including a man bun, cornrows and freckles.

but this was the first time a Black doll had the word Barbie," she said of Mattel's dolls. The very first Black Barbie (middle) debuted in 1980, 21 years after Barbie debuted on March 9 ...

Barbie dolls may have changed dramatically over the decades but there’s little doubt they were at their most extravagent 40 ...

Black Barbie is the untold story of the first Barbie doll created as a Black woman and the pivotal role that three trailblazing women had in working with the Mattel Company in 1980 to produce a ...

In 1980, Mattel introduced the first Black and Latino Barbie and Ken dolls after previously relegating multicultural dolls to the friend role. It also released the first of a series of ...