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 ... and significance of the nearly 45-year-old doll. Davis frames the 90-minute documentary in three chapters ...

describing the impact a Black Barbie or other Black dolls can have on young people's self esteem. But, she says, there was “nothing of this magnitude,” referring to her film, which chronicles ...

“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 ...

She was 28 years old. Perkins designed six outfits for her interview ... Following the success of Black Barbie, Perkins developed the first exclusive line of Black dolls for Barbie in 1991. Called ...

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 ...