She was 28 years old. Perkins designed six outfits for ... Perkins developed the first exclusive line of Black dolls for Barbie in 1991. Called Shani and Friends, the doll line featured three ...

At least that's what the director of Netflix's Black Barbie documentary (streaming ... evolution and significance of the nearly 45-year-old doll. Davis frames the 90-minute documentary in three ...

“I seldom saw white people, and so it was all I knew,” says the 76-year-old. “So my instinct ... as a chief designer of Mattel’s iconic Barbie doll line, Black Perkins created the first ...

As filmmaker Lagueria Davis illustrates in Netflix’s “Black Barbie: A Documentary,” the doll has had quite the journey since then. Davis was inspired to create the film after learning her ...

The film examines the creation of the first Black Barbie doll in 1980 and features Black celebrities who had Barbie dolls made in their likeness. They include television mogul Shonda Rhimes ...

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 ...

Barbie has announced two new additions to its growing line of diverse and inclusive dolls: a blind Barbie and the first Black Barbie with Down syndrome. Mattel announced the two new dolls on ...

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- In an effort to be more inclusive and represent the wide range of children who play with their toys, Mattel has announced the addition of a blind Barbie doll and a Black ...