Before Hattie McDaniel won an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her role as Mammy in Gone with the Wind, she made her home in Colorado.

Croton Mammy is a tropical beauty known for its striking, twisted leaves that feature bright hues of red, orange, yellow, purple, and green. Native to the tropical forests of Southeast Asia and ...

WHEN Tracey Corcoran asked her sister Sinead to “look after my kids if anything happens to me”, neither sister expected that ...

My mum dangles the question like a golden carrot, and I almost always answer incorrectly. When she finally tells me, I often ...

The Upcountry History Museum brings us this week in History.       On February 29th, 1940 Hattie McDaniel won the Academy Award for best supporting actress for her role as Mammy in the 1939 film, ...

The name “Aunt Jemima” was inspired by a minstrel show song titled “Old Aunt Jemima,” which featured a character based on the ...

I’d assumed it would be something he’d talk to me about in advance, like, “Hey, so I’m thinking of calling you mum instead of mammy, what do you think?” But then, I’m not sure why I ...

The arrival of a large box for Cathy has Agnes intrigued...and she's even more intrigued when she realises that she's the only family member who doesn't know what's inside it! Agnes reacts badly when ...

After a spate of burglaries in the local area, Agnes is determined to make sure she doesn't fall victim to the recent crime wave. Agnes is determined to make sure she doesn't fall victim to the recent ...