I remembering the teen in the picture who was hurling trash (literally) at one of the little "integrators" after Brown v. Board of Ed-- those incredibly brave children.

So someone tracked that teen down, and she was, well, ashamed.

Young "Reagan" (poor kid, starting with that name, what can you expect) at least can say, "I didn't throw trash! Just spoke it!"

Dusty Rhodes


I do not believe anyone in America, present or past, has dreamt of one day being a slave, freed and then getting their picture on a bottle of syrup.

That the family of “Aunt Jemima” basically agree with Escude? They say they are very proud of their ancestor and don’t want what she accomplished to be forgotten. Don’t yell at me. They said it.

They may have found a Black model much later on, but into the fifties, they simply used painted caricatures.

Because a quick search and you can discover how Aunt Jemima was created as a racist caricature of black stereotypes for advertising purposes. And that the name came from a song from the 1870s that was performed by - wait for it - a performer wearing blackface! The stupid burns!

'The African American Registry of the United States suggests Nancy Green and other individuals who played the caricature of Aunt Jemima should be celebrated in lieu of what has been widely condemned as a stereotypical and racist brand image. On Nancy Green's birthday, November 17, the registry wrote "we celebrate the birth of Nancy Green in 1834. She was a Black storyteller and one of the first Black corporate models in the United States."[30]

Nancy Green was the first spokesperson hired by the R. T. Davis Milling Company for the Aunt Jemima pancake mix.[3] Green was born a slave in Montgomery County, Kentucky.[5][31] Dressed as Aunt Jemima, Green appeared at the 1893 World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago, Illinois, beside the "world's largest flour barrel" (24 feet high), where she operated a pancake-cooking display, sang songs, and told romanticized stories about the Old South (a happy place for blacks and whites alike). She appeared at fairs, festivals, flea markets, food shows, and local grocery stores; her arrival heralded by large billboards featuring the caption, "I'se in town, honey."[5][9][31] She died in 1923, and was buried in an unmarked pauper's grave.[32]

Following Green's work as Aunt Jemima, very few were well-known. The company hired dozens of actors to portray the role, often assigned regionally, as the first organized sales promotion campaign.'>>>

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aunt_Jemima

Yeah, sure.