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...Southern Commission on the Study of Lynching. Chairman of the commission which approached its problem dispassionately was George Fort Milton, publisher of the Chattanooga News, author of The Age of Hate. Other respect-commanding white members included Julian Harris, news director of the Atlanta Constitution and son of Uncle Remus' creator; President William Joseph McGlothlin of Furman University; Dr. Howard Washington Odum of the University of North Carolina. Noted Negroes on the Commission were President John Hope of Atlanta University, Principal Robert Russa Moton of Tuskegee Institute, President Benjamin...
Because Aristide Briand is quite as foxy, perhaps foxier than famed Br'er Fox in the Uncle Remus tales (Author Joel Chandler Harris), TIME terms him "Br'er Briand." French readers may not know that "Br'er" is the negro dialect contraction of "Brother," that its playful application to a foxy statesman is not extinct in U. S. political usage...
...Uncle Remus. "All I did was to write out and put in print the stories I had heard all my life.'1 Because of this statement, ascribed to the late Joel ("Uncle Remus") Chandler Harris by his daughter-in-law last week, Coca-Cola Bottling Co. contended that Brer Fox, Brer Rabbit and their friends were products of "the indigenous folklore of Southern negroes for many generations back." The contention was important, for $10,000,000 hangs upon the Court's decision as to whether or not. recent Coca-Cola advertisements featuring Brer Fox et al. have infringed...
Like its predecessor, this book is a collection of Bible stories told in darkey dialect, with darkey psychology, darkey embellishments and modernizations. Sly, humorous, kindly, they are reminiscent of the late great Joel Chandler Harris's tales of Uncle Remus. A sample: "So Solomon started kingin' up and down de road, a-bowin' and tippin' his crown to de ladies and makin' riddles at de men folks, and he was a mighty good king...
...Uncle Remus...