The Black Granny Kissing Trump During A Black History Month Celebration Was a Mammy Moment

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Have y’all ever heard of Al Jolson?

He was that early-20th-century Broadway star and Hollywood entertainer who built an empire smearing burnt cork on his face and singing in blackface about “Mammy.” He was the voice behind The Jazz Singer, the first major talking picture.

Under hot stage lights, he stretched his arms and mouth wide and famously belted out: “Mammy… My little Mammy… I’d walk a million miles for one of your smiles…”

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