But the theme of Splash Mountain is based only on the animated part — only on the Brer Rabbit black slave folk tale. Brer Rabbit can be admired, and Splash Mountain enjoyed, without endorsing ...

Brer Rabbit’s history is controversial, too. According to Encyclopedia Britannica, he was a figure in African folklore that traveled with slaves to the US.

The ride, based on the 1946 film ‘Song of the South,’ will reopen next year as Tiana’s Bayou Adventure, themed to 2009’s ‘The Princess and the Frog’ ...

The "Brer Rabbit" African and African-American folk tales were chronicled more than 100 years ago by Joel Chandler Harris and more recently adapted by Newberry Award-winning author Dr. Julius Lester.

The problems with ‘Song of the South’ Splash Mountain stars Brer Rabbit and Brer Fox, along with all the ducks & chickens & frogs who share their Southern home, and culminates in a tall drop ...