GEORGIA AUTHOR JOEL CHANDLER HARRIS’ “Uncle Remus” stories were first published in 1880. These interpretations of the African folk tales Harris heard told by slaves are narrated by the fictional Uncle ...

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 ...

In this way, Uncle Remus goes back in time to African models, as well as to the animal tales of Aesop and Chaucer. Harris helped inspire other writers in the vernacular such as Zora Neale Hurston and ...

ATLANTA (AP) — Curtis Richardson hops around the front parlor of the 140-year-old house, animatedly recounting the enchanting tales of Brer Rabbit and Brer Wolf. The elementary school students in the ...

Inside the house is a charming collection of Uncle Remus and Brer Rabbit memorabilia nestled among furniture and rugs that were in the house when Harris died in 1908. Book shelves are full of first ...

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 ...

The Jan. 2 editorial ”Uncle Remus vs. the censors” reflects a callousness, arrogance and general misuse of information that appears to be permeating today`s society. In the editorial it is indicated ...

What I was struck by were the similarities between the presentation of the slave narratives and the presentation of the Uncle Remus tales. I was also very struck by the similarities in themes that ...

Curtis Richardson hops around the front parlor of the 140-year-old house, animatedly recounting the enchanting tales of Brer Rabbit and Brer Wolf. The elementary school students in the room shriek ...

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