Posted on 10/07/2014 5:50:47 PM PDT by ConservativeStatement
Two self-proclaimed descendants of the American pancake icon are taking their heritage to court with a lawsuit seeking more than $2 billion from the Quaker Oats company, Kentuckys Courier Journal reported.
In a suit filed by the great grandsons of Anna Short Harrington, who went on to become "Aunt Jemima" in 1933, they claim they're owed a slice of the pancake company's revenue according to a long-forgotten agreement stretching back to its late-1800 creation.
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Put on de skillet, put on de lead,
Mammy's gonna make a little shortnin bread.
Dat aint all she's gonna do,
Mammy's gonna make a little coffee too.
Refrain:
Used to sing this in school
Times, they change.
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