Like a lot of people in a lot of families, playwright Aaron Coleman grew up hearing the stories of Brer Rabbit, the cunning character from African folklore who outsmarted his animal adversaries. These ...

They do say imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, but a longtime Chicago fried chicken institution said imitation went too far after a new business opened with a very similar name. The owners ...

Song of the South (Walt Disney-RKO Radio) makes movie actors out of ol’ Uncle Remus, Brer Rabbit, Brer Fox and de creeturs an’ crawlin’ things. Adapted with freehanded skill from the famed dialect ...

Georgia last week began raising $100,000 to build a monument to one of its two great literary heroes, the late Joel Chandler Harris, author of the “Uncle Remus” stories.* Throughout the State’s public ...

IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. Walt Disney's Uncle Remus featuring ...

For decades, there has been a rejection of this portrayal of Uncle Remus as a stand-in for Black people, who appears as this two-dimensional character, blissfully entertaining White people with Black ...