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Splash Mountain Closed at Disneyland and Walt Disney World, but why did it have to? We explore the history of Splash Mountain, The Song of The South production, and Joel Chandler Harris' writings to have a better understanding of the decision that the Walt Disney Company had to come to. In the end we end with reflection and a bit of a challenge.

Splash Mountain was my favourite ride at Walt Disney World and I will miss it but I am excited about where the future brings.

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- LMG VIDS: Splash Mountain - FINAL MOMENTS | Final Door Closing & Last Riders
- CNN: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pjE1XBxWgP0&t=12shttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lzR8x_jlGaI&ab_channel=CNNhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pjE1XBxWgP0&t=12s&ab_channel=CNN
- Showcase of wishes: https://x.com/i/status/1753052956922953771
- The Single Rider: https://www.youtube.com/watch?
- USA TODAY: https://www.usatoday.com/story/travel/experience/america/theme-parks/2023/02/28/splash-mountain-song-of-south-black-history/11149526002/
- Zeitgeist Design Podcast: https://youtube.com/watch?v=eiawdyD6Y6k
- Slash film: https://slashfilm.com/567203/muppet-movies-ranked/
- Footnoting history: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u4uKSBfrJWU&t=114s&ab_channel=FootnotingHistory
- v=quhbMroKsKI&t=2s
- Walt Disney Company: https://thewaltdisneycompany.com/the-walt-disney-company-pledges-5-million-to-support-nonprofit-organizations-that-advance-social-justice-2/#:~:text=%E2%80%9CThe%20killing%20of%20George%20Floyd,%2C%E2%80%9D%20said%20Bob%20Chapek%2C%20Chief
- BBC: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qaKdFdoLbUY&ab_channel=BBCMyWorld
- Disney Channel: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hbbIc29bmRc&ab_channel=DisneyChannel
- Back Of The BUS: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=teaFO-cFNuI&ab_channel=BackofTheBUS
- The Recount: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GsSJLK3WW54&ab_channel=TheRecount
- Graeme Oneail: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oKgmd0un4Mo&ab_channel=GraemeONeil
- TexXTalks: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-X-taPvKWbY&ab_channel=TEDxTalks
- NW GA DRONE GUY: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RsSHoDFmm6o
- My Footage: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_QPHidj0Np

Song Of the South Production Sources:
Biron, Phineas J. (January 3, 1947). "Jewish Post". Hoosier State Chronicles: Indiana's Digital
Historic Newspaper Program. Retrieved December 14, 2020.
Cohen, Karl F. (1997). Forbidden Animation: Censored Cartoons and Blacklisted Animators in
America. Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland & Company, Inc. p. 64. ISBN 0-7864-2032-4.
Gabler, Neal (2006). Walt Disney: The Triumph of the American Imagination. Vintage Books.
ISBN 978-0-679-75747-4.
Gevinson, Alan (1997). Within Our Gates: Ethnicity in American Feature Films, 1911-1960.
California: University of California Press. p. 956. ISBN 978-0-520-20964-0.
Korkis, Jim (2012). Who's Afraid of Song of the South? and Other Forbidden Disney Stories.
Theme Park Press. ISBN 978-0984341559.
"Song Of South Picketed; Line at the Palace Protests Disney Portrayal" (PDF). The New York
Times. Vol. 96, no. 32466. December 14, 1946.
"Wednesdays with Wade: Did the NAACP kill "Song of the South"?". Jim Hill Media. November
15, 2005.
Watts, Steven (2001). The Magic Kingdom: Walt Disney and the American Way of Life.
University of Missouri Press. pp. 276–277. ISBN 0-8262-1379-0.

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