“Crowning this doll as Barbie ... was telling the world Black is beautiful too,” Dear White People star Ashley Blaine Featherson-Jenkins added. “I’m so grateful that we are included now in ...

In 'Black Barbie,' designers Kitty Black Perkins and Stacey McBride-Irby talk the evolution of the dolls and further tell PEOPLE about the differences they've made Hedy Phillips is the Senior ...

Lagueria Davis has been working on her documentary, Black Barbie, since 2011 ... companies to create and market Black dolls that looked like Black people, not just dolls that had been painted ...

Though it speaks to an entirely different group of marginalized people ... s famous “Barbie Girl” song before delving into a poignant documentary about the history of the Black Barbie doll ...

As a young girl in segregated Spartanburg, South Carolina, Kitty Black Perkins took a brown crayon to white paper dolls so their skin would match hers. “I seldom saw white people, and so it was ...

inspiration and people behind the creation of the first Black Barbie doll which hit stores in 1980. Scene from "Black Barbie" official trailer by Netflix. "I designed Black Barbie to reflect the ...

A documentary,” tells the origin of Mattel’s famous Black Barbie, and the three women who paved the way to get the doll made. Premiering on Juneteenth, the film was directed and written by ...

it was clear Black Perkins’ design was the complete opposite of the Barbie people knew: full lips, wide nose, bold colors and a short afro. “When I designed this doll, there was a need for the ...

Turner guiding us along the way, “Black Barbie” reminds us of touchstone moments in the history of Black dolls, e.g., the famous Clark doll test of 1940, in which the husband-and-wife research ...

Barbie has announced two new additions to its growing line of diverse and inclusive dolls ... Black Barbie with Down syndrome was sculpted to accurately depict the physical characteristics of ...