Aunt Jemima was an American breakfast brand for pancake mix, table syrup, and other breakfast food products. The original version of the pancake mix was developed in 1888–1889 by the Pearl Milling Company and was advertised as the first "ready-mix" cooking product. [1][2]

Jun 29, 2020 · Aunt Jemima portrays the white, romanticized notion of an Antebellum “mammy,” detached from the cruel reality of enslavement during the late 19th century. The inspiration for the character...

Feb 10, 2021 · Aunt Jemima is getting a new name, new logo and new look after announcing that it would be dropping the brand name following criticism that it featured a caricature of a Black woman that was a racist stereotype.

Feb 10, 2021 · The name “Aunt Jemima,” long criticized as a racist caricature of a Black woman stemming from slavery, will be replaced with the Pearl Milling Company name and logo on the former brand’s new ...

Nancy Green (March 4, 1834 – August 30, 1923) was an American former slave, who, as "Aunt Jemima", was one of the first African-American models hired to promote a corporate trademark. The Aunt Jemima recipe was not her recipe, but she became the …

Aug 12, 2020 · You probably have never heard her name, but Nancy Green has likely been in your kitchen before. Green created the Aunt Jemima recipe, and with it, the birth of the American pancake.

Jun 25, 2020 · Last week’s decision by Quaker Oats (PepsiCo) to officially remove the image and name “Aunt Jemima” from its oldest and most successful product line, sparked a twenty-first century controversy,...

Feb 10, 2021 · PepsiCo Inc. the parent company for Quaker Oats, announced it's rebranding Aunt Jemima, the popular pancake and syrup brand, retiring the racist stereotype used for the product's image.

Nancy Green maintained this job until a car crash in Chicago killed her on August 30, 1923. She is buried in the city’s Oak Woods Cemetery. The world knew her as "Aunt Jemima," but her given name was Nancy Green. The famous Aunt Jemima recipe was not her recipe, but she became the advertising world's first living trademark.

Jun 23, 2021 · Aunt Jemima syrup and pancake mix is being replaced by Pearl Milling Company. The rebranding effort comes a year it was announced by Quaker Oats.