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    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...
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  • "Old Aunt Jemima" is an American folk song written by comedian, songwriter, and minstrel show performer Billy Kersands (circa 1842–1915). The song became...
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  • wop-influenced "Electric Aunt Jemima" refers to Zappa's guitar amplifier, equating it with the advertising character Aunt Jemima. Zappa explained, "I get...
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    Nancy Green (category Aunt Jemima)
    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...
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  • advertised as the first "ready-mix" cooking product. In June 2021, the Aunt Jemima brand name was discontinued by its current owner, PepsiCo, with all products...
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  • Who's Afraid of Aunt Jemima? is an acrylic on canvas narrative quilt made by American artist Faith Ringgold in 1983. Named for the Edward Albee play Who's...
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  • Anna Short Harrington (category Aunt Jemima)
    several African-American models hired to promote a corporate trademark as "Aunt Jemima". Anna Short was born in 1897 in the Wallace area of Marlboro County...
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    Betye Saar (category Aunt Jemima)
    of a shoebox-sized frame, plastered with Aunt Jemima advertisements. A caricatured sculpture of Aunt Jemima presents a notepad with a photograph of a...
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    an American performer on the stage and screen whose stage persona was Aunt Jemima. She was of Italian descent. She performed on both stage and screen,...
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    Mammy's Cupboard (category Aunt Jemima)
    statue—twenty-eight feet [8.5 m] high—of a black woman dressed like Aunt Jemima, wearing a red scarf, a white blouse, and a red hoopskirt that actually...
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    Ben Stein (category Aunt Jemima)
    for comments about Aunt Jemima syrup". February 22, 2023. Retrieved February 24, 2023. "Ben Stein Says He Misses Original "Aunt Jemima" Logo, Rightfully...
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  • mini-series of the same name Jemima Shore, an investigative journalist in a series of crime novels by Antonia Fraser Aunt Jemima, an advertising character...
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    Lillian Richard (category Aunt Jemima)
    July 2, 1956) was an African-American actress best known for portraying Aunt Jemima. She was born March 23, 1891, in Hawkins, Texas, the fifth of eleven...
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    followed just hours after Quaker/PepsiCo changed the name and logo of its Aunt Jemima brand amid accusations of racism. As advertised on September 23, 2020...
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    Mammy stereotype (category Aunt Jemima)
    One of the founders of Aunt Jemima came up with the name and branding after hearing a minstrel song called "Old Aunt Jemima". Subsequently, other companies...
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    Ethel Ernestine Harper (category Aunt Jemima)
    African-American educator and performer. She was known for her portrayal of the Aunt Jemima advertising character during the 1950s. Ethel Ernestine Harper was born...
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  • Americans moving into urban areas. After World War II, major brands like Aunt Jemima and Mrs. Butterworth's were introduced with little actual maple syrup...
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    Broadway Rastus Sambo Sambo (film series) Magical Negro Aunt Jemima Marilyn Kern Foxworth, Aunt Jemima, Uncle Ben, and Rastus: Blacks in Advertising, Yesterday...
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    characters particularly in the Jim Crow Era. Big Daddy Kane also referenced Aunt Jemima as an example of the way Black women where characterised and given low...
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  • Broadway, the name "Jemima" was believed to carry negative racial connotations in the United States through its association with Aunt Jemima. The character...
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  • chips  and I'll be your friend.  The Frito Bandito  you must not offend. Aunt Jemima Taco Bell chihuahua South of the Border (attraction) Noriega, Chon A...
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  • also contained a beret, a badge and a memorabilia scrapbook. Electric Aunt Jemima was sourced from three different performances from 1968. Our Man in Nirvana...
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    Chris L. Rutt (category Aunt Jemima)
    News-Press who is credited with coming up with the recipe and name for Aunt Jemima pancakes. Rutt was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. In 1865 he moved with...
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  • companies to change branding with perceived racist origins, such as Aunt Jemima and Uncle Ben's. The character of Rastus had once been depicted as a...
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    Jemima Kirke (born 26 April 1985) is a British-American artist, actress and director. She gained international acclaim through her role as Jessa Johansson...
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    Edith Wilson (singer) (category Aunt Jemima)
    in radio plays and television, and from 1948 to 1966 represented the Aunt Jemima brand for Quaker Oats in personal appearances and on television. She...
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  • cookie: "black on the outside, white on the inside". Aunt Jemima / Aunt Jane / Aunt Mary / Aunt Sally / Aunt Thomasina (US) a term, used by black people, for...
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  • Agousha (Russia) Alvalle (Spain) AMP Energy Aquafina Aquafina Flavorsplash Aunt Jemima/Pearl Milling Company Baconzitos (Brazil) Cap'n Crunch Cheetos Chester's...
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    Gregory D. Smithers (2015). "Racism in American Popular Media: From Aunt Jemima to the Frito Bandito". p. 34. ABC-CLIO Stephanie Capparell, "How Pepsi...
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    in 1905. In the 1917 decision in Aunt Jemima Mills Co. v. Rigney & Co., the federal courts created the "Aunt Jemima Doctrine" which protects a trademark...
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