The first Black Barbie, which debuted in 1980, featured a doll fully immersed in her identity. Designed by Kitty Black Perkins, the doll had an Afro to complement her red dress and gold jewelry.

The newly released documentary takes a deeper look at the story behind the first Black Barbie and its impact on representation in the toy business, and culture more broadly.

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 ...

Over 200 handmade cloth dolls will be showcased. The generational keepsakes infused with Virginia's finest cotton range in height from one to four feet tall. Virginia doll artist Angela Khalifah's ...