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 ...

We had a Mattel African-American Forum at the time, and we had a team of people creating the full story of the So In Style line of dolls." Perkins and McBride-Irby both feel like Barbie has ...

Barbie has had many doll pals over the years, including sister Skipper, boyfriend Ken, and childhood friend ... But one pic ...

You're looking unrealistically thin today! Ken: Funny, I was going to say the same about you. Narrator: Barbie is one of the most popular dolls in America. But that doesn't mean that she's loved ...

Warner Bros. revealed a first look at the actor all dolled up as Barbie's very own anatomical anomaly, Ken There's all the reason in the world to think Barbie may be the perfect effervescent tour ...

But Handler persisted, and Barbara Millicent Roberts debuted on March 9, 1959, at the American Toy Fair in ... the first Black and Latino Barbie and Ken dolls after previously relegating ...

Winning back the contract to produce Disney’s princesses dolls was the start of “patching up its toy business”, but the American ... hit, Barbie, along with her boyfriend Ken who was ...

She's Barbie: The doll that's launched the imaginations of millions of girls − and maybe as many think pieces about her role in American culture ... relationship with Ken is, well, complicated.