Find high quality stock photos that you won t find anywhere else. Search from 60 top dreadlocks pictures and royalty free images from istock. Richard was the face of aunt jemima from 1925 to 1940 a texas cbs station reported noting signs into the town say home of lillian richard aunt jemima in 1995 the texas legislature.
The great great grandson of anna short harrington who reportedly inspired aunt jemima says he his family was not properly compensated for quaker oats use of her likeness. Aunt jemima portrayer anna robinson bettmann bettmann archive other archetypes invented around the same time were the black dandy an arrogant ostentatious man who tried to appear dignified but wasn t and jim crow a stereotypical slave the jezebel was a sexually promiscuous woman there was also the uncle tom character the male version of the mammy character. In a statement a company spokesperson acknowledged that aunt jemima s origins.
On june 17 quaker oats announced plans to retire the aunt jemima name and image. Editor s note june 18 2020. Must release body camera.
In july a full page ad in the los angeles times on wednesday said. Reddit co founder alexis ohanian tweeted how is aunt jemima not canceled linking to a. Just as the formula for the mix has changed several times over the years so has the aunt jemima image.
Jaffee a freelance artist from the bronx new york also designed one of the images of aunt jemima used by quaker oats to market the product into the mid 20th century. The aunt jemima package was redesigned around the new likeness.
