The first Black Barbie debuted in 1979, two decades after Mattel introduced the original Barbie. Before then, several Black American dolls were added to the Barbie franchise, like 'colored Francie ...

As the first African-American, female principal dancer with the American Ballet Theatre, she was commemorated as Barbie in 2016.

The first Black Barbie was created in 1980 by Kitty Black Perkins. Here’s everything to know about the doll and her creator.

The doll is complete with accessories that children with diabetes are likely to have. It includes a glucose monitor, an ...

The exhibit includes 10 categories of African American dolls, including cloth dolls, paper dolls and cardboard standups, marionettes, pop culture dolls, sports figures, Barbies and more.

Though there had been an African-American doll in prior collections, the one shown on the right was named as the official African-American Barbie.

Black Barbie begins from a nonjudgmental place; it doesn’t shame viewers for their dubiousness, dismissal or misunderstandings when it comes to the sociocultural significance of dolls.

Thankful Heritage Museum highlights the evolution of black dolls throughout history. The exhibit is hosted in the High Point Museum during the month of February.

But it was another African-American woman, Louvenia “Kitty” Black Perkins, who designed the first black Barbie — released in 1980 in a box that touted “She’s black! She’s beautiful!

(The dolls used in the experiment are now a part of the collections of the National Museum of African American History and Culture.) ...

Barbie eventually blossomed in diversity, too, with the first African American Barbie announced in 1967 and the first disabled Barbie in a wheelchair coming out in 1997.

Barbie in African American culture The first Barbie was invented in 1959 by Ruth Handler, cofounder of the global toy-manufacturing company Mattel, and named after her daughter Barbara.