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 ...

When the burglar alarm sounds at the Wren's Nest, Marshall Thomas sometimes forgets to warn police about the shadowy figure lurking in the attic. "Why didn't you tell me there was somebody up there?" ...

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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 ...

CHICAGO -- For 50 years, Uncle Remus Saucy Fried Chicken has been a tradition on Chicago's West Side. From the saucy fried chicken, to the roasted chicken, to the catfish and tilapia, everything is ...

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 ...

There’s too much snow, Chicago. This week, the newsletter is all in the family, with a profile of the legendary Uncle Remus Saucy Fried Chicken and its founding family to conclude a series on ...

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As the Weekly’s Scott Foundas has noted, the newly minted Disney cartoon feature The Princess and the Frog is meant to be taken as “symbolic reparation” for the presumed insult of the studio’s 1946 ...