Black Perkins rose from assistant designer for Barbie in 1976 to chief designer in the mid-’80s. As the middle sibling of seven, the young seamstress got her fashion sense from her father ...

At its best, writer-director Lagueria Davis' film aims to challenge the level of responsibility placed onto Black Barbie and Mattel. Courtesy of Netflix In many ways, the release of “Black ...

Soon after Barbie was first introduced in 1959, Beulah Mae Mitchell, a Black line worker at Mattel, suggested the idea of a Black Barbie to Barbie’s creator Ruth Handler.

Black Barbie stormed onto the toy scene as the “dynamite” antithesis to her Malibu sun-kissed, pink-obsessed predecessor, Barbie, in 1980.

The first Black Barbie debuted in 1979, two decades after Mattel introduced the original Barbie. Before then, several Black American dolls were added to the Barbie franchise, like 'colored Francie ...

Behind Black Barbie, are the Black women who fought for inclusiveness and diversity while while working at Mattel. Written by Keyaira Boone Published on June 18, 2024 ...

Before Black Barbie, the original blonde and blue-eyed doll had Black friends. One of them, Christie, was dubbed Barbie’s pal and babysitter.

In Black Barbie she explains, “There was a need for the little Black girl to really have something she could play with that looked like her.

Now, Barbie is celebrating the 45th anniversary of their first-ever Black Barbie doll with a collectible doll of creator Black Perkins, who worked at the brand as a pioneering designer until 2004.

The special-edition Black Barbie commemorating the 45th anniversary of this groundbreaking doll doesn’t just celebrate a toy; it honors a cultural revolution started by legendary designer Kitty ...