With richly brown skin and a cutely curly coif, the African-American doll not only became the first ... the glamorous girl group will be together forever in plastic. With micro-braids cascading ...

A doll that African American girls can identify with ... Every 182-gram Barbie causes about 660 grams of carbon emissions, including plastic production, manufacture and transport.

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 ...

Trailblazing ethologist and conservationist Jane Goodall now has her own Barbie doll made from recycled, ocean-bound plastic, toymaker Mattel announced on Tuesday. In partnership with the Jane ...

Two women who have transformed themselves to look like the Mattel doll feel empowered but talk ... These days, some plastic surgeons are marketing packages promising to turn women in Barbies.

Shaneisha Dodson, a proud HBCU graduate of Grambling State University and the founder and CEO of the Brilliant Girl, is celebrating having sold thousands of her dolls to young Black girls across ...

By Livia Albeck-Ripka and Orlando Mayorquin Several news organizations fell for an elaborate hoax on Tuesday that claimed that all Mattel toys, including the iconic Barbie doll, would be plastic ...

But these dolls will outlast me. No matter how many times I pass it on to other people, it’s destined for the dump. It’s great that plastic is designed to last, but this means that it has ...

Inspiration, self-love and growth are three reasons Howell named the exhibit "Black Butterfly" Proud and Beautiful African ...

LaVon Stennis-Williams is displaying more than 750 historic dolls inside The Doll Museum of African-American History. “You have over 750 silent witnesses in this room.” LaVon Stennis-Williams ...

Inspiration, self-love and growth are three reasons Howell named the exhibit "Black Butterfly" Proud and Beautiful African American Doll Collection. It aims to show the metamorphosis in African ...