If I say the word "Mammy," you're likely to conjure up the character from Gone With the Wind. Or, you may think of Aunt Jemima, in her trademark kerchief, beaming from boxes of pancake mix. What ...

Mammy is a dumb stereotype best left in its grave of nostalgia. McDaniel understood the image’s harm as well as anyone. She’s gone, but I’ve not forgotten the high price of her fame.

Scott Simon talks with Seamas O'Reilly about his memoir, "Did Ye Hear Mammy Died?" It's a tribute to his widowed father, who raised 11 children in rural Derry, Ireland, during The Troubles.

The term “Mammy” also refers to one of the most controversial racial slurs the country. One woman in New Orleans attempts to separate a nasty stereotype from the actual women who were named.

I thought of Vyry in Margaret Walker's "Jubilee," the "Gone With the Wind" for black folks that I read in my 20s. Vyry was not thick and dark- skinned, but a mulatto with long hair and a trim figure.

A Republican-led effort to restore a confederate statue featuring a Black “Mammy” in Arlington National Cemetery was narrowly defeated late Thursday afternoon. The restoration of the Reconcil… ...

Forget the Irish Mammy, it's your Irish Granny that really has the best phrases in the world! My West Cork Granny frequently referred to jigs and reels in her daily speech. Whenever she was a ...

LOGAN COUNTY, W.Va. (WSAZ) - At 100 years young, Anna Toler, better known as “Mammy,” could write a book full memories that reflect the woman she is today. Her daughters say beyond raising 13 ...

"Mammy" is often laugh-out-loud funny, particularly in the wry chapter about his mother's death. It's also about O'Reilly's love for his father, Joe, ...