A special edition Barbie in the form of LeBron James is sure to become a collectors' item when it hits the market. Here's how ...

Some have cheered the new dolls. Others jeered them, saying they're not black enough. "I love the black Barbie. It's about time," Jua Simpson said on CNN's iReport, a user-generated news community.

As a result, Mattel hired her, and she became the first Black designer for Barbie in 1976. Before Kitty Perkins’ doll surfaced in stores, there was no other colored doll that depicted Black ...

The Black Doll Exhibition is presented by curator ... What initially started off as a fascination for Barbie/fashion dolls led Jacobs-Watson to study dolls more closely, in ways that most others ...