Netflix released the trailer for "Black Barbie" on Tuesday, teasing the documentary which will take an in-depth look at the conception, inspiration and people behind the creation of the first ...

TOMORROW MORNING, STARTING AT 430. BARBIE JUST RELEASED MATTEL RATHER JUST RELEASED THE FIRST EVER BLACK BARBIE DOLL REPRESENTING SOMEONE WITH DOWN SYNDROME. IT WAS CREATED LAST YEAR, BUT FOR ...

Most of “Black Barbie” — the whole first hour of its 90 minutes, to be exact — illuminates that through a long-gestating narrative around representation. Prior to 1980, all Barbies were white.

Notably, the designer for the 40th anniversary collectible Black Barbie was white. Since the blockbuster’s release, Mattel announced that Perkins will return to help design a 45th anniversary doll.

The first Black Barbie, which debuted in 1980, featured a doll fully immersed in her identity. Designed by Kitty Black Perkins, the doll had an Afro to complement her red dress and gold jewelry.

Barbie was a a firefighter, a teacher, an actor, a lifeguard, a doctor. But it wasn’t until 1976, when Kitty Black Perkins joined the brand as Chief Designer of Fashion Doll concepts, that ...

Not relegated to being an “accessory to Barbie,” this was a main character creation that Black Perkins made on her way to becoming chief designer of the fashion doll line in the mid-’80s.

Mattel did introduce Black fashion dolls in the late 1960s, but they were not named Barbie, and they were marketed as Barbie's friends. So the arrival of a true Black Barbie was an important moment.

TOMORROW MORNING, STARTING AT 430. BARBIE JUST RELEASED MATTEL RATHER JUST RELEASED THE FIRST EVER BLACK BARBIE DOLL REPRESENTING SOMEONE WITH DOWN SYNDROME. IT WAS CREATED LAST YEAR, BUT FOR ...

The first Barbie with Down syndrome was created last year, but for the new addition, Mattel got input from a focus group of black individuals, including a woman with Down syndrome.

The first Barbie with Down syndrome was created last year, but for the new addition, Mattel got input from a focus group of black individuals, including a woman with Down syndrome.