The man then runs down a flight of stairs and rolls around on the ground while onlookers try to snuff out the flames.

Who is Aunt Jemima ? Her real name is Nancy Green. Nancy Green was a storyteller, cook, activist, and the first of several African-American models hired to promote a corporate trademark as "Aunt Jemima. Born November 17, 1834
Died: September 23, 1923

Green was born into slavery on March 4, 1834. She was hired in 1890 by the R.T. Davis Milling Company to represent "Aunt Jemima" an advertising character named after a song from a minstrel show. They were looking to employ an African American woman as a Mammy type to promote.
It was her job to operate a pancake-cooking display. Her amicable personality and talent as a cook for the Walker family, whose children grew up to become Chicago Circuit Judge Charles M. Walker and Dr. Samuel Walker helped establish a successful showing of the product

she received a medal and certificate from the Expo officials.After the Expo, Green was offered a lifetime contract to adopt the Aunt Jemima moniker and promote the pancake mix. This marked the beginning of a major promotional push by the company
Imageancy Green maintained her job with Davis Milling (which was renamed Aunt Jemima Mills Company in 1914 until her death in 1923; she was still working as Aunt Jemima at the time. A lawsuit claims that Nancy Green's heirs as well as other heirs from the other women used as Aunt
Jemima models deserve $2 billion and a share of future revenue from the sales of popular demand.The federal lawsuit was filed by another model (Anna Short Harrington)'s grandsons who claim that she and Green were the roots in creating the recipe for the nation's first self risin
pancake batter. It also states that Green was the originator and came up with the idea of adding powdered milk for extra flavor in the pancakes. Quaker Oats, who is the current owner of the brand, says this image of Aunt Jemima was in fact fake and never real

claiming that there are no trace of contracts between the women who displayed as Aunt Jemima models and their bosses. The suit was dismissed as the heirs failed to prove that they were related to the woman who posed as Aunt Jemima. So after she died at age 30 none of the deals
That she had with the company and her huge influence on the brand wasn’t acknowledged and her family members did not receive any money from her work. To this day she is the face of the company records of her work were erased and they still use this black womans face to this day

Not sure how much exactly the brand is worth but it is owned by Pepsi and Pepsi is worth an estimated 127 billion🤷🏽‍♀️ there are a million pancake syrup brands please no longer buy into this company for more information research her this is just a thread some details were left out