One of 11 children, Séamas O’Reilly was just five years old when his mother died. In an extract from his touching new memoir, he recalls with childlike clarity the awful day of her wake One thing they ...

The 1930 movie musical “Mammy” is an important -- if almost shockingly racially insensitive -- piece in the canon of the legendary Al Jolson’s career. “Mammy” stars “The World’s Greatest Entertainer” ...

An event marking the 25th anniversary of the re-opening of the Old State Capitol after an extensive renovation included an opportunity to “meet Mammy,” but the Secretary of State’s office is defending ...

For millions of Gone With the Wind fans, Mammy will always be Oscar-winning actress Hattie McDaniel, tsk-tsking her spoiled charge, Miss Scarlett, and harrumphing because Mammy has more common sense ...

My mammy has been asleep for five days now. She mustn’t be very comfy lying on the bathroom floor. I really hope she wakes up soon, I miss her. Plus, I’m nearly out of cheerios and I’m getting kinda ...

Dell’Arte is welcoming adjunct faculty and Cirque du Soleil star Michelle Matlock back to Blue Lake to present her original show, “The Mammy Project,” at the Carlo Theater, 131 H St., Blue Lake, from ...

Fox Television was hailed this year for developing “Empire,” about the power struggle of an African American family fighting over control of a massive music empire. With its racially mixed cast of ...