(Elizabeth) How did Joel Chandler Harris's stories on Br'er Rabbit, Br'er Bear, and Br'er Fox go from beloved to problematic in the mid-twentieth century? In this episode, Elizabeth traces the story of how Joel Chandler Harris's work became Song of the South.
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The Origins of the Salem Witch Trials
Winnie-the-Pooh
History for the Holidays
Uncle Remus, Joel Chandler Harris, and the South, Part I
History for Halloween VIII
Ivanhoe and the Modern Middle Ages
Ivanhoe and the Invention of Merry England
Sicilian Vespers, Part II: The Massacre and the War of the Vespers
Sicilian Vespers, Part I: The Uprising
The Ottoman Kafes or the Princely Cage
Mohenjo Daro: Living City, Mound of the Dead
The History of Tikka Masala
Moe Berg, Baseball's Scholar and Spy
Christopher Columbus and the Book of Prophecies
Stede Bonnet, the Gentlemen Pirate
Empress, Strategist… Saint? Irene of Byzantium
Florida: Frontier and Cracker History
Anne Neville and the Wars of the Roses
Divorcing in Revolutionary France
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