![Kitty Black Perkins: The African American Designer behind the First Black Barbie - The Strong National Museum of Play Kitty Black Perkins: The African American Designer behind the First Black Barbie - The Strong National Museum of Play](https://www.museumofplay.org/app/uploads/2019/04/BlackBarbie.jpg)
Kitty Black Perkins: The African American Designer behind the First Black Barbie - The Strong National Museum of Play
Because representation is everything.❤️ Making her debut in 1980, the first ever black fashion doll to have the name #Barbie sparked a new… | Instagram
![For Black History Month: the first black Barbie (as opposed to "friend of Barbie" Francie and Christie)! My box is dated 1979, even though Mattel lists her intro as 1980. "She's black! For Black History Month: the first black Barbie (as opposed to "friend of Barbie" Francie and Christie)! My box is dated 1979, even though Mattel lists her intro as 1980. "She's black!](https://preview.redd.it/for-black-history-month-the-first-black-barbie-as-opposed-v0-p9msh8a2y7ga1.jpg?width=3000&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=5dcba7dbb537b23bf5c20a8b835eb0dca40c310c)