Netflix’s 'Black Barbie' tells the story of how the first ... there isn’t any African American doll line that receives its own commercial, that receives its own print ad and support, that ...

Barbie, in 1980. With richly brown skin and a cutely curly coif, the African-American doll not only became the first figurine of color to bear the blond’s buzzy name, but the unsung heroine also ...

The Christie doll is widely considered the first true African American doll in the Barbie line. She was introduced in the midst of the civil rights movement, when critics chided Mattel for failing ...

Mattel Although Mattel had introduced the Christie doll as Barbie’s friend in 1968 — and Cara would follow her in the ’70s — this was the first time an African-American bore the name of ...

After Mattel‘s culture sweeping debut of Barbie in 1959, it took nearly 17 years for the brand to come out with a version of the collectible doll that represented more than one type of skin color.

She-Ra, Princess of Power, is getting her first-ever Barbie doll in celebration of her 40th year of fighting evil and saving ...

Barbie has announced two new additions to its growing line of diverse and inclusive dolls: a blind Barbie and the first Black Barbie with Down syndrome. Mattel announced the two new dolls on ...

Mattel's iconic Barbie doll with Down Syndrome has hit the shelves of South African retailers in an effort to push for representation and to eradicate stigma about the condition and other disabilities ...