The Barbie doll was launched in 1959, thanks to Ruth Handler, the co-founder and first president of the Mattel toy company, ...

In 'Black Barbie,' designers Kitty Black Perkins and Stacey McBride-Irby talk the evolution of the dolls and further tell PEOPLE about the differences they've made Hedy Phillips is the Style ...

Having never owned a Barbie doll until she bought one to prepare for her interview with Mattel, Perkins knew of the negative impact that the toy industry’s lack of representation had on children.

Black Barbie stormed onto the toy scene as the “dynamite” antithesis ... With richly brown skin and a cutely curly coif, the African-American doll not only became the first figurine of color ...

But Black Barbie wasn’t just a sales success for Mattel: She was a doll that would permanently change the toy landscape for children everywhere. And now, Black Barbie, a new Netflix documentary ...

On the way home from the splash pad recently, my daughters — 4 and 7 — ran damp and carefree down the sidewalk, beach towels ...

The first Barbie, the one that orbited Earth, the Barbie in a pink spacesuit – London’s Design Museum will mark Barbie’s 65th ...

At Mitchell’s house, they look through a room filled with boxes of dolls stacked up ... at the story behind Black Barbie and its impact on representation in the toy business, and culture ...

If filmmaker Lagueria Davis had never moved in with her aunt, Beulah Mae Mitchell, in 2011, we would not be reclaiming the ...

Lagueria Davis hates dolls. At least that’s what the ... Prior to the launch of Black Barbie, melanated Mattel toys existed — such as the glamorous Christie, who said “Let’s go shopping ...

The creation of Black Barbie is now on display in a new documentary, which features the doll's representation and influence ...