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 ...

Brer Rabbit and friends return in The Complete Tales of Uncle Remus by Joel Chandler Harris. Originally issued in 1955 and compiled by folklorist Richard Chase, the collection includes all the ...

Why the cricket has elbows on his legs -- Why the earth is mostly water -- The origin of the ocean -- Brer Rabbit and Miss Nancy -- The old king and the new king -- Brer Bear comes to the community -- ...

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 ...

In celebration of Black History Month, the Lewiston Public Library will host guest reader L. Paul Thomas presenting "The Tales of Uncle Remus: Adventures of Brer Rabbit," at 11 a.m. today in the ...

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 ...