Rather than the long, straight blond tresses and pastel-colored fashions of the traditional white Barbie, the brown-skinned beauty rocked short, curly black hair and a glittering red dress ...

Watch this stunning transformation that’s giving Black Barbie energy, featuring Tinashe Hair. Trump administration reverses long-held guidance on 'road diets' for traffic safety Fast Food ...

Netflix’s 'Black Barbie' tells the story of how the first Black Barbie came to be — and the lasting impact she left behind Courtesy of Netflix Barbie dolls first hit the shelves in 1959 ...

Christie has since been a long-running part of the ... Both Model No. 8 and Model No. 10 are also African American dolls with different skin tones and hair styles. Barbie "Brooklyn" Roberts ...

Up until this point, very few Black dolls were available for children, and at Mattel, Barbie had always been white with blonde hair ... the conversation alive long enough for the company to ...

“I wanted her just to reflect the total look of a Black woman. With regular Barbie, the gown was always full, and the hair was always long. I wanted her to be the complete opposite of Barbie and ...

Her hair was short and curly because Black Perkins ... When asked who’s the prettiest one, a young girl picks out Brooklyn, a Black Barbie with long braids, “because she has Black skin like ...