At the time Sherrie Williams, president and founder of the Bronzeville Historical Society, was 10 years into a battle to put a marker on Green’s grave.

More than 90 years later, Williams was left with the difficult task of locating Green’s descendants to get the headstone approved.

After five years of emails and phone calls to Oak Woods Cemetery, in 2015 Jereline handed the matter over to the fifth generation descendant of Nancy Green, Marcus Hayes.

Because Green is buried in a section with flat headstones, Williams plans to have a similar, but ornate one created to reflect Green’s achievement as the original Aunt Jemima.

Williams plans to fly in Marcus Hayes and Green’s other living descendants once the coronavirus pandemic has abated.