Barbie said the new James doll was made in partnership with the LeBron James Family Foundation, and the toymaker will make a ...

However, none of those dolls bore the “Barbie” name — and they also lacked traditionally Black facial features, with critics describing them as “brown plastic poured into blonde Barbie’s ...

“My mom was born in the 60s, and that’s around the time that Christie, the Black Barbie doll ... Some of the dolls can still ...

Black Barbie is the untold story of the first Barbie doll created as a Black woman and the pivotal role that three trailblazing women had in working with the Mattel Company in 1980 to produce a ...

but this was the first time a Black doll had the word Barbie," she said of Mattel's dolls. The very first Black Barbie (middle) debuted in 1980, 21 years after Barbie debuted on March 9 ...

Barbie adopted progressive stances: The same year as the Fair Housing Act of 1968, Mattel introduced Christie, a Black doll with a mod ... Since then, Ken—full name, Ken Carson—has served ...

Some have cheered the new dolls. Others jeered them, saying they're not black enough. "I love the black Barbie. It's about time," Jua Simpson said on CNN's iReport, a user-generated news community.

LeBron James is making a fashionable entrance into the world of Barbie. On Wednesday, Mattel, the makers of Barbie, in ...

In her classic black and white knit swimsuit ... was introduced as a love interest for the popular Barbie (last name Roberts) dolls. Here, Ken is shown in various outfits including a tuxedo ...

It’s a blue summery frock, cinched tightly at the waist with a black ribbon ... It’s a massive risk for Mattel. Barbie is more than just a doll. The brand does $1 billion in sales across ...