Williams disagrees with the company's move, believing that removing the image could erase Green's legacy. Quaker Oats recently announced that it is retiring the Aunt Jemima brand and logo. When Williams learned that Green was laid to rest in an unmarked plot, she raised funds for a proper headstone. She was also a philanthropist and founding member of the Olivet Baptist Church in Chicago. Through her extensive research, Williams discovered that Green was much more than a smiling face on a box of pancake mix. "My research of African American historic figures included former slaves who arrived in Chicago years after the Civil War. "In 2010, I started shaping an Underground Railroad tour in Chicago," Williams said. One resident whose name may not be as well known was Nancy Green, the real Aunt Jemima. Wells and legendary musician Louis Armstrong. "The Society started because my daughters grew tired of hearing me tell them about the many notable people and places in the Bronzeville community."īronzeville's many notable residents include Chicago's first Black mayor, Harold Washington journalist and civil rights activist Ida B. "I started the Bronzeville Historical Society with the assistance of family and friends in 1999," Williams said. The Great Migration brought many African Americans to Bronzeville, including Williams’ grandmother, who moved to the area from the Delta of Mississippi in 1942. The Bronzeville neighborhood, located on Chicago’s South Side, was known as the "Black Metropolis" during its heyday in the early twentieth century. Sherry Williams (MS '19) has a personal connection to her work as president and founder of the Bronzeville Historical Society.
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