The exhibit includes 135 handmade antique dolls — some that were made by enslaved people — and about 60 period photographs ...

The story behind the titular Black doll Mattel released in 1980 was definitively ... towards diversity and inclusion at the iconic toy brand. Lagueria’s doc mostly focuses on her own aunt ...

“I feel like it was so important to tell as much of Black Barbie’s story as we could ... In Style line of Black Barbie dolls, Stacey McBride Irby, the toy’s place in the company ...

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.