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The Exploitation of “Aunt Jemima”: The Nancy Green Story

At the age of 59, Nancy Hayes-Green made her debut as “Aunt Jemima” at the 1893 World’s Columbian Exposition held in Chicago, Illinois. She became the first Black corporate model in American history hired to promote a nationally distributed product.  In character, “Aunt Jemima” stood beside what was touted as the “world’s largest flour barrel” …

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