But Black Barbie wasn’t just a sales success for ... currently, there isn’t any African American doll line that receives its own commercial, that receives its own print ad and support, that ...

A public event to celebrate the launch of the Maria Tallchief Barbie is set for 10 a.m. Nov. 18 at the historic Constantine ...

The Christie doll is widely considered the first true African American doll in the Barbie line. She was introduced in the midst of the civil rights movement, when critics chided Mattel for failing ...

Barbie is more than just a doll. The brand does $1 billion in ... women in the focus groups I watched were middle class and African American or Hispanic.) “She’s cute thick,” offers one ...

In 1967, Mattel introduced the first African American Barbie, but the moulds were the same as the original white dolls. In 1997, Mattel released a black Barbie in partnership with Oreo (she held ...