Reading Rainbow: 11x6
Follow the Drinking Gourd
LeVar reflects on a time when Africans were brought to America as slaves. He talks about how African-Americans risked their lives for freedom, and discusses how the music from slavery times effected the African culture. Keith David reads the featured story, which explains that the African-American folk song, “Follow the Drinking Gourd,” was in fact a coded message to slaves giving them instructions on how to take the Underground Railroad north to states that abolished slavery.
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11 - 1Amazing Grace Oct. 11, 1993- 11 - 2The Furry News Oct. 12, 1993
- 11 - 3Mrs. Katz and Tush Oct. 13, 1993
- 11 - 4The Salamander Room Oct. 14, 1993
- 11 - 5Silent Lotus Oct. 15, 1993
- 11 - 6Follow the Drinking Gourd Oct. 18, 1993
- 11 - 7If You Give a Mouse a Cookie Oct. 19, 1993
- 11 - 8Is This a House for Hermit Crab? Oct. 20, 1993
- 11 - 9And Still the Turtle Watched Oct. 21, 1993
- 11 - 10June 29, 1999 Oct. 22, 1993