ATTLEBORO, Mass. (WLNE) — Black Barbie turned 45 over the weekend, marking nearly half a century of hard-fought representation on store shelves.
She and hundreds of other cultural icons grace the shelves of a unique museum in Massachusetts, offering a beautiful look into black history.
It’s been historically hard for black mothers to find positive representation on store shelves when shopping for dolls for their young daughters and trying to shaping their self-perception…