At least that's what the director of Netflix's Black Barbie documentary (streaming ... whose walls towered with beady-eyed ...

Produced by Shonda Rhimes, the documentary focuses on how Mattel received criticism for making dolls with fair skin tones, leading Perkins to launch the first Black Barbie doll in 1980. The ...

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 ...

Barbie was a a firefighter, a teacher, an actor, a lifeguard, a doctor. But it wasn’t until 1976, when Kitty Black Perkins joined the brand as Chief Designer of Fashion Doll concepts ...

Mattel released its new Aaliyah Barbie doll on Thursday in honor ... s “One in a Million” music video outfit, the doll sports a black faux leather vest and black faux leather top with matching ...