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Aunt Jemima Summary
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The advertising image of Aunt Jemima was born at the 1893 World Columbian Exhibition in Chicago, Illinois, with ex-slave Nancy Green's promotion of inventor Charles Rutt's pancake mix. More than an American corporate icon, Aunt Jemima not only...
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Aunt Jemima is a trademark for pancake flour, syrup, and other breakfast foods. The trademark dates to 1893, although Aunt Jemima pancake mix debuted in 1889. The phrase "Aunt Jemima" is sometimes used as a female version of "Uncle Tom" to refer to a...


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Pinnacle Foods agrees to buyout
2/12/2007: 347 words, approx. 1 pages
Pinnacle Foods Group Inc., the privately held owner of Duncan Hines baking mixes, Hungry Man and Swanson frozen dinners and Vlasic pickles, has agreed to be acquired by a group led by the buyout specialist Blackstone Group for about $1.3 billion in cash.Former Kraft Foods...
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Pinnacle Foods agrees to $1.3B buyout
2/12/2007: 345 words, approx. 1 pages
Pinnacle Foods Group Inc., the privately held owner of Duncan Hines baking mixes, Hungry Man and Swanson frozen dinners and Vlasic pickles, has agreed to be acquired by a group led by the buyout specialist Blackstone Group for about $1.3 billion in cash.Former Kraft Foods...
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MLK party causes uproar on Texas campus
1/25/2007: 281 words, approx. 1 pages
Authorities at Tarleton State University said they plan to investigate a Martin Luther King Jr. Day party that mocked black stereotypes by featuring fried chicken, malt liquor and faux gang apparel."I feel like there is no excuse for this type of ignorance," said Donald Ray...
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Hundreds watch KKK rally in Texas town
3/18/2007: 501 words, approx. 2 pages
Two dozen Ku Klux Klan members held a downtown rally Saturday in this usually quiet dairy community to show support for college students who threw a party that was criticized for being racist.Three people were arrested after a scuffle broke out with counter-protesters near the...
 


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Aunt Jemima's Advertising Campaign from the Late 19th to the Late 20th Century
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In the late 1880's in Missouri two men named Chris L. Rutt and Charles G. Underwood created a revolutionary instant pancake flour mix. They created the trademark of a black woman in an apron, and red bandanas after seeing a performance of a song entitled "Old Aunt Jemima." This popular song of the time inspired them to use this very image as their company logo. The way they did this was by taking the image of a stereotypical depiction of African American women as servants, and portrayed these serv


 

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