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Nancy Green was the first face of the pancake mix. She was born under slavery in the 1830s, worked as a nanny and cook and was hired to sing and perform for the 1893 World Fair, winning tens of thousands orders for the company. #BlackLivesMatter 
https://www.npr.org/local/309/2020/06/19/880918717/the-fight-to-commemorate-nancy-green-the-woman-who-played-the-original-aunt-jemima https://twitter.com/theblackdetour/status/1359888707193606147
https://www.npr.org/local/309/2020/06/19/880918717/the-fight-to-commemorate-nancy-green-the-woman-who-played-the-original-aunt-jemima https://twitter.com/theblackdetour/status/1359888707193606147
The entire brand is based on a song in a minstrel show.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Old_Aunt_Jemima
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Old_Aunt_Jemima
Really interested in reading up on the history of a product I grew up with in France in the 1980s. As they rebrand, let us never forget or as they say in Québec: 'Je me souviens'. https://www.amazon.co.uk/Slave-Box-Strange-Career-American/dp/0813918111
Nancy Green was on a 'lifetime contract' but by the time she died in a freak accident, she was still working as a housekeeper. Her grave was unmarked until a local historian, Sherrie Williams, led a campaign to place a stone in 2015. https://www.chicagotribune.com/opinion/commentary/ct-opinion-aunt-jemima-brand-real-women-20200619-5wkt2euhrbcjdokrh5qvu6r7te-story.html
