Beyond Art

Black Mammy

Why is it always used to represent black people in the service in the old movies?

I saw some and they were always bred. Always in the kitchen and cleaning. In Tom and Jerry cartoons mother also had two shoes. In one of Tom and Jerry cartoon cat called Baby dancing on the head wioth fruit lol. I looked the song later and someone had called Carmen Miranda fruit hats. It was fun. You can see roflmao http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=30Gb4iS9KNs

The answer is very simple. There simply were not very many jobs available to black then. Often domestic work was one of the few places work that black women could find. Of course at that time were "colored" people.

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ANTIQUE PRIMITIVE BLACK AMERICANA AUNT JEMIMA MAMMY PINCUSHION PIN CUSHION $9.99

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Images in Black Price Book Americana Mammy Toys Banks $24.95

BELOVED BELINDY RAGGEDY ANN & ANDY MAMMY DOLL BLACK AMERICANA $199.99

1950 ViNTaGe BLaCK AMeRiCaNa MaMMy & KiNKy ToP PaPeRDoLLS PaPeR DoLLS uNCuT $49.99

Vintage Burlap Potato Sack Mammy Black Americana Bakersfield Californa $75.00

BLACK COLLECTABLES MAMMY & HER FRIENDS PRICE GUIDE $7.95

R12 Authentic Antique Aunt Jemima Mammy String Holder Stringer ~ Black Americana $199.00

Black American "Mammy" style figure with spoon holder $2.99

RETRO AUNT JEMIMAH MAMMY FROM OLD SOUTH BLACK AMERICANA SMALL COOKIE JAR NOT OLD $18.95

VINTAGE 3 PC LOT BLACK AMERICANA AUNT JEMIMA MAMMY SALT & PEPPER SPOON REST 3 PC $19.95

BLACK AMERICANA Mammy & Chef Vintage SALT PEPPER SHAKERS - Made in Japan $9.95

Black Americana Aunt Jemima/Mammy Half Doll $69.95

VINTAGE 1980'S BLACK MAMMY DOLL~CLOTH & WOOD~ MADE IN CALIFORNIA $9.99

McCoy Black Americana Ceramic Blue Mammy Sugar Scoop $20.00

Vintage Black Americana Al Jolson Faced Man Mammy Decanter Top Hat $29.00

Vintage Black Americana "Mammy" Appliance Cover $20.00

Black Mammy Wooden Knife Holder & Potholder Hooks $30.00

Vintage Mammy & Pappy Salt/Pepper Chalkware Aunt Jemima 40's Black Americana $15.00

Old Black Americana Mammy Pie Bird - Hard to Find! Wow! $9.99

1916 Black Americana Sheet Music- Mammy's Little Cole Black Rose (L6948-ARRI) $19.95

Old Vintage Antique Black Americana Mammy Wood Towel Holder Rack $54.99

Black Mammy Pocket Mirror $5.99

1921 Black Sheet Music-I Want My Mammy-Eddie Cantor Blackface (L6990-ARRI) $16.95

Black Americana Collectors Guide - incl Aunt Jemima Mammy Items Spice Etc $13.45

Black Memorabilia book Mammy Aunt Jemima Doll Salt MORE $15.25

VINTAGE CHALKWARE BLACK AMERICANA MAMMY MESSAGE BOARD $45.00

Aunt Jemima MAMMY Cookie Jar ~ by CLAY ART ~ Black Americana *Baking Time* $120.00

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Vintage Ceramic Aunt Jemima Mammy Black Americana Toothpick Holder $7.99

BLUE GRASS COOK BOOK, 12 Alvin Langdon Coburn photos, Black Mammy Americana $125.00

Mammy's Little Coal Black Rose HENRY SANTREY Original 1916 sheet music $10.19

Black Americana Mammy Ceramic Figurine Bank $4.99

Cast Iron Mammy Aunt Jamima Black Americana Door Stop $18.99

Cast Iron Mammy and Pappy Set of Black Americana Banks $25.99

Cast Iron Mini Mammy Aunt Jamima Black Americana Bank $14.99

VINTAGE Black Americana Ceramic Hand Painted Mammy Butter Dish $11.99

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