This month marks the Barbie doll’s 60th birthday, with a lot of attendant hoopla. ... The first Baby Nancy dolls had rooted black synthetic hair that may have come from Mattel’s suppliers: ...

Turini drew her inspiration from the first black Barbie, introduced in 1980 dressed in a sparkling red dress with an Afro. Turini’s red collection pays homage to the doll.

ROCHESTER, N.Y. — Baby Nancy, the first Black baby doll to have an Afro and other authentic features, was inducted into the National Toy Hall of Fame on Thursday, along with sidewalk chalk and ...

Earlier this month, Mattel debuted the Barbie Signature 40th Anniversary First Black Barbie Collector Doll ($39.99) on social media and baby, she is beautiful and as elegant as ever!

Barbie released a stylish new Black History Month wardrobe and announced the upcoming release of five new dolls inspired by the ... Baby Shiona is PROUD. ... 40th Anniversary Black Barbie Doll.

Blonde-haired, blue-eyed Barbie dolls once took over the aisles of toy stores as the only plastic playmates offered to young girls. Now, those same aisles are gradually adding diversity with the ...

The DeeBeeGee’s Virtual Black Doll Museum features vintage, antique, ... From Baby Alive to Barbie, dolls are one of the world’s oldest toys, and one of America’s favorite gifts.

Shopping for a doll set to encourage diversity, a mom found some Black dolls cost almost $15 more than similar white dolls on Walmart.com.

Black Barbie: Who are Beulah Mae Mitchell, ... 'I can't remember having a Black doll when I was a little girl, not even a Black baby doll.

Two decades ago, Lil’ Kim started to mold the doll in her image. “Black Barbie dressed in Bulgari,” she declared herself in “The Jump Off.” ...