Then, in 1980 — 21 years after the inception of Barbie — two women at Mattel, filmmaker Lagueria Davis’ Aunt Beulah Mae Mitchell and Mattel designer Kitty Black Perkins, were asked what they ...

Early in her documentary "Black Barbie," Lagueria Davis admits that she hates dolls. But that didn't stop the 2007 University ...

After the Barbie Instagram account posted a photo of a black Barbie doll with hair that’s seemingly a half-done sew-in, people have been very vocal about whether the style is problematic or an ...

“I brought my daughter to a Christmas-tree lighting with Santa and Barbie the other day,” says a mom in one of the focus groups. “If a black woman or a redheaded woman or a heavyset woman ...

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. "But the hair is still a step ...

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And in addition to different career representations of Barbie, over the years, Mattel has released Barbies of various different identities. From the 1969 release of Christie, the first Black ...

Earlier this year, Mattel announced the first-ever blind Barbie doll and a Black Barbie with Down syndrome. In addition, to celebrate International Women's Day on March 8 and Barbie's 65th ...

As we celebrate Black History Month, we honor those in the past and present that have made a mark on the NFL. Seahawks legend Mack Strong shares the story of how Ernie Davis became the first Black ...

He's just Ken, but he gets his moment to shine on the last day of the Barbie x Stanley drop. This 40-ounce Stanley Quencher is inspired by Western Ken from the '80s. This midnight black Stanley ...

Black holes are points in space that are so dense they create deep gravity sinks. Beyond a certain region, not even light can escape the powerful tug of a black hole's gravity. And anything that v ...

A new Barbie has joined Mattel's lineup of inclusive dolls. The first "Diwali doll" was announced by the toymaker on Friday, a few weeks shy of the Hindu holiday of Diwali, also known as the ...