Barbie was a a firefighter, a teacher, an actor, a lifeguard, a doctor. But it wasn’t until 1976, when Kitty Black Perkins joined the brand as Chief Designer of Fashion Doll concepts ...
She loved to write, draw, watch movies and read books by ... The film traces the origin of the Black Barbie doll with the help of Davis’ aunt, Beulah Mae Mitchell, who played an influential ...
After Mattel’s culture sweeping debut of Barbie in 1959, it took nearly 17 years for the brand to come out with a version of the collectible doll that represented more than one type of skin color.