Breath Of My Ancestors Minute 3-19-17

On this day, March 19, 1897 Loretta Mary Aiken aka (Jackie Mom’s Mabley) was born in Brevard, North Carolina. She was the first Black woman to establish herself as a single-act standup comedian. From the chittlin' circuit to Vaudeville She rose to national recognition in the early 1960s. A pioneer of social satire, she strongly influenced top comedians like Richard Pryor and Whoopi Goldberg. Traveling the vaudeville circuit, she experienced overt racism and demeaning working conditions, yet she deflected her pain through her satire and wit and became one of the most influential comics in human history. This has been another Breath of My Ancestors Minute w/Ty Gray-EL…We Must Never Forget