Finally, a doll that looked like us. -Joanne Jefferson, Black Barbie Collector There was a time when it was rare to see images in magazines, stores, or advertisements that resembled a Black girl ...

A new documentary on Netflix tells the story of the first Black Barbie doll. The doll arrived in 1980 — more than two decades after the 1959 launch of the first Barbie. If last year was the ...