Mattel will sell the dolls exclusively on Barbie.com at first while it negotiates ... in the focus groups I watched were middle class and African American or Hispanic.) “She’s cute thick ...

Set in a classic Barbie dream world, the documentary contrasts the pretty, stylish dolls with the deeper ... when Diahann Carroll became the first African American woman to lead a television ...

Mattel released the African-American Barbie and Ken dolls in 1980. Though there had been an African-American doll in prior collections, the one shown on the right was named as the official African ...

Being African-American and having this opportunity ... hand and have people know that I'm there for them." Do These Barbie Dolls Actually Look Like the Stars They're Supposed to Resemble?

Olivia Mengich, 31, is a cultural ambassador, a marketer and the maker of Swahili Princess, a line of African inspired fashion dolls. She tells Maria Nene where it all began I am a marketer but I ...