Netflix’s 'Black Barbie' tells the story of how the first Black Barbie came to be — and the lasting impact she left behind ...

Here’s what you need to know, then, about Black Barbie. When Ruth Handler created the first Barbie in 1959, her aim was simple: that, through the doll, a little girl could be anything she wanted ...

Mitchell played a role in the creation of the first Black Barbie doll. Taylor newby (Netflix) Lagueria Davis grew up in Fort Worth in the 1980s and reflects on the city today as a “small town ...

If you hear the name, you know exactly what it is. Barbie is one of Mattel’s most iconic toys and the world’s most popular ...

A black version of Barbie will go on sale in the UK for the first time in almost 30 years, in a move that beauty experts have put down to the Michelle Obama effect. A new range of black and mixed-race ...

The film traces the origin of the Black Barbie doll with the help of Davis’ aunt, Beulah Mae Mitchell, who played an influential role in designing the first Black Barbie doll. In the 1940s ...

The first of their kind in a sea of fair skinned Barbie dolls, the four ‘So In Style’ girls were unveiled today ... Unveiled by brand consultant and founder of WAH-Nails Sharmadean Reid, the authentic ...

Transgender actress and activist Laverne Cox has been recognised with her own Barbie - a first for the storied ... Orange is the New Black, said she hoped the new doll would help people "dream ...

Barbie has released its first ever Maori doll, modelled after New Zealand sports ... world cups with New Zealand's women's team - the Black Ferns. She later went on to become a sports journalist.

In 1967, Mattel introduced the first African American Barbie, but the moulds were the same as the original white dolls. In 1997, Mattel released a black Barbie in partnership with Oreo (she held ...