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 ...

Quaker Oats, the parent company of Aunt Jemima pancake mix and syrup, says it will completely rebrand the line — including changing the name and logo — saying the current brand is based on a "racial ...

Pepsico is changing the name and images associated with its Aunt Jemima brand, acknowledging its racist origins. The parent company of Quaker Oats announced Friday that the 131-year-old breakfast ...

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 ...

Quaker Oats is retiring the more than 130-year-old Aunt Jemima brand and logo, acknowledging its origins are based on a racial stereotype. "As we work to make progress toward racial equality through ...

Yesterday’s Tomorrow, a Black history museum, marked the end of Black History Month and the start of Women’s History Month with a Saturday event in Tyler featuring a relative of Lillian Richard — the ...

Ferris Bueller’s economics teacher is getting slammed on social media for his rant about America’s corporate culture ... and pancake syrup. On Monday night, Ben Stein, the “Ferris Bueller’s Day Off” ...

Facebook said on Thursday that it was rebranding as Meta, taking a step to distance itself from the controversies it faces. How has this corporate strategy worked for other companies? By Jenny Gross ...

(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 ...

This Thursday, in honor of Women's History Month, locals will have the opportunity to hear the compelling story of Nancy Green told at Somerset Community College — though most are likely to know her ...

CLAIM: “Nancy Green (aka Aunt Jemima) was born into slavery. She was a magnificent cook. When she was ‘freed’ she rolled her talent into a cooking brand that General Mills bought & used her likeness.

When Will Friedle made what he thought was a harmless joke about his "Boy Meets World" co-star Trina McGee looking like Aunt Jemima, she took the time to explain to him the implications of comparing a ...