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 ...

The creation and impact of Black Barbie is now on display in a new documentary. Black Barbie details the doll’s representation and influence on diversity. Netflix released it on Juneteenth.

Margot Robbie’s Barbie made film history last year. But in the Eighties, three Black women revolutionized the doll brand when they helped push for a Black Barbie. On Tuesday, Netflix released ...

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 ...

The iconic Black Barbie celebrates nearly half a century of representation this month with a tribute that’s making waves across social media and toy aisles nationwide. In a world where ...

Barbie has always been a history maker and in the 1980s, three Black women did that when Black Barbie debuted. Beulah Mae Mitchell, Kitty Black Perkins, and Stacey McBride Irby transformed Mattel ...

And so she did: “Black Barbie: A Documentary,” her newly-released project, takes a deeper look at the story behind Black Barbie and its impact on representation in the toy business ...