The story of America involves the good, and the not so good. Controversial topics abound in history. Stereotypical racial imagery is one such topic.

Hattie McDaniel, who played Mammy in 'Gone with the Wind,' became the first Black person to win an Oscar in 1940. Some members of the Black community criticized her for not pushing harder against ...

In dignified and quiet language, two thousand Negro women of the Phyllis Wheatley Y. W. C. A. protested against a proposal to erect at the Capitol a statue to “The Black Mammy of the South.” A ...

A Republican-led effort to restore a confederate statue featuring a Black “Mammy” in Arlington National Cemetery was narrowly defeated late Thursday afternoon. The restoration of the Reconcil… ...

The Mammy Project, written and performed by Michelle Matlock, will show April 3-6 at the Intiman Cabaret. This powerful one-person play examines the stereotype and myth of the “Mammy ...