More than a decade ago, filmmaker Lagueria Davis decided to spend the day visiting her aunt, Beulah Mae Mitchell. As her aunt poured her a drink, she began telling Davis the story of how she started ...

It’s been 44 years since toy maker Mattel introduced the first official Black Barbie to the market. As filmmaker Lagueria Davis illustrates in Netflix’s “Black Barbie: A Documentary,” the doll has had ...

Barbie has unveiled their newest Blind Barbie Doll and Black Barbie Doll with Down syndrome as part of its fashionista collection. This, as the country recognizes July as Disability Pride Month. Both ...

If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, Variety may receive an affiliate commission. After Mattel‘s culture sweeping debut of Barbie in 1959, it ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. As a young girl in segregated Spartanburg, South Carolina, Kitty Black Perkins took a brown crayon to white paper dolls so their ...

The documentary was released on Netflix and produced by Shonda Rhimes' Shondaland. The creation and impact of Black Barbie is now on display in a new documentary. Black Barbie details the doll’s ...

*Netflix has released the official trailer for Shonda Rhimes’ documentary about Mattel’s Black Barbie doll. The protect, titled “Black Barbie” spotlights the popular doll that debuted in 1980, 31 ...

Mattel has released its first ever blind Barbie doll. (Photo: Handout/Mattel/PA Wire/CNN) (CNN) — Toy company Mattel has launched the first ever blind Barbie in its latest move to make the iconic doll ...

Get ready for another Barbie summer: a new documentary is set to tell the story behind the release of the first Black Barbie in 1980. "Black Barbie: A Documentary" shows the impact of three Black ...