“Former slave Nancy Green, the first Aunt Jemima model, died “as one of America’s first black millionaires.”
Social media posts
Facebook. Claim dated 17 Jun 2020.
PolitiFact rated thisFalse
What PolitiFact found
Nancy Green served as the longtime model for Aunt Jemima, attaining perhaps a middle-class lifestyle, but there is no evidence she died a millionaire.
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In short
This claim spread on social media around 17 June 2020. PolitiFact (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 22 June 2020, 5 days later. Its rating was “False”.
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