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 ...

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 ...

As one who has extensively researched our region’s role in the Civil War, Alton’s old prison is often mentioned in my published works. However, this column concerns itself with the use of the prison ...

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 ...

The Flonnie Anderson Theatrical Association will present the musical comedy, REMUS, at Wentz Memorial United Church of Christ, 3435 Carver School Road. Written and directed by Flonnie Anderson, the ...

Click to open image viewer. Walt Disney's Uncle Remus featuring music from the soundtrack of "Song of the South." Record cover is yellow with color illustrations of the actor James Baskett, who played ...

WALT DISNEY’S “Song of the South,” unlike many Disney animated films, has not been re-released in decades. It has never been available on VHS or DVD either, primarily because the Uncle Remus stories ...

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 ...