Years ago, my wife and I would take Johnny and Skeeter Bussard up to Grantsville to partake of the buckwheat pancakes at the Casselman Inn. Buckwheat pancakes were OK, but for my money, Aunt Jemima’s ...

The name "Aunt Jemima" is familiar to millions, but not as many know the remarkable woman behind the iconic trademark was ...

The face of pancakes and syrup died along with Uncle Ben and Rastus, who were the faces of rice and Cream of Wheat, in 2020. Their painless but overdue deaths came in the wake of the murder of George ...

(CHICAGO) — Under the grass it is barely noticeable: an unmarked grave covering one of America’s “Hidden Figures” for nearly a century. You probably have never heard her name, but Nancy Green has ...

A roundup of some of the most popular but completely untrue stories and visuals of the week. None of these are legit, even though they were shared widely on social media. The Associated Press checked ...

Quaker Oats announced last week that they are going to retire their Aunt Jemima brand of pancake mix and syrup due to it being based on a racial stereotype. This decision is a response to the Black ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- The Quaker Oats Company have given Aunt Jemima a new name and new look, but the families of some of the women who portrayed her over the years feel they are being erased. "It's a ...

But for some, the title, the image, even the updated version sans headwrap, evokes other feelings, including anger, over a racial stereotype of a black woman with no apparent life of her own. One who ...

Rumors that Aunt Jemima will return to syrup bottle packaging in 2025 have gone viral on social media. The speculation began after an X (formerly Twitter) account posted on Saturday: “Quaker Oats ...

For reasons no one will ever understand, actor Ben Stein, 78, decided to go online and profess his love for the old Aunt Jemima logo. You know, the one that promoted the “Mammy” trope that traces back ...

From June 18, 2020: Mrs. Butterworth's and Cream of Wheat are the latest brands to announce plans to reshape their image in the wake of racial protests still happening across the country. Seattle ...