Nancy Green  (March 4, 1834 – August 30, 1923 [1] [2] ) was a storyteller, cook, activist, and the first of several  African-American  models hired to promote a corporate trademark as " Aunt Jemima ". [3] Biography Green was born into  slavery  on March 4, 1834, near  Mount Sterling  in  Montgomery County, Kentucky . [4]  She was hired in 1890 [5]  by the R.T. Davis Milling Company in  St. Joseph, Missouri , to represent "Aunt Jemima", an advertising character named after a song from a  minstrel show . [3]  Davis Milling had recently acquired the formula to a ready-mixed, self-rising pancake flour from  St. Joseph Gazette  editor  Chris L. Rutt  and Charles Underwood and were looking to employ an African-American woman as a  Mammy archetype  to promote their new product. [6]  In 1893 Green was introduced as Aunt Jemima at the  World's Columbian Exposition  held in  Chicago , where it was her job to operate a pancake-cooking display. Her amicable pers

three sculptures representing two rappers and a DJ who made a major impact on the hip-hop scene called "A Cypher in Queens."  The works feature busts atop renditions of stacked speaker boxes. Three dearly departed masters of hip-hop are living on at the Queens Public Library. artist Sherwin Banfield‘s trio of sculptures called "A Cypher in Queens" will take up residence at the Central Library in Jamaica. The 9-foot-tall sculptures offer markers for fans and the Queens community to recognize, honor and celebrate three late examples of borough’s talent. DJ Jam Master Jay of Run-D.M.C. was killed in 2002, Phife Dawg of A Tribe Call Quest died in 2016 from complications from diabetes, and Prodigy of Mobb Deep died after battling sickle cell anemia in 2017 .

Best known for his role as Willie Jones for the  Friday  series, [1]  Witherspoon also starred in films such as  Hollywood Shuffle  (1987),  Boomerang  (1992),  The Five Heartbeats (1991), and  Vampire in Brooklyn  (1995). [1]  He has also made appearances on television shows such as  The Wayans Bros.  (1995–99),  The Tracy Morgan Show  (2003),  Barnaby Jones (1973),  The Boondocks  (2005–2014), and  Black Jesus  (2014). [1] [2]  He wrote a film,  From the Old School , in which he played an elderly working man who tries to prevent a neighborhood convenience store from being developed into a  strip club . Early life Edit John Weatherspoon was born on January 27, 1942, in  Detroit ,  Michigan . [3] [4]  He later changed his last name to "Witherspoon". [5] Witherspoon was one of 11 siblings. [6]  His elder brother,  William , became a songwriter for  Motown , with whom he penned the lyrics of the 1966 hit single " What Becomes of the Brokenhearted ". [6]  A