Reading Rainbow - Season 11 Episode 6 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.
Year: 2006
Genre: Kids
Country: United States of America
Studio: PBS
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Cast: LeVar Burton
Crew: Steve Horelick (Music), LeVar Burton (Executive Producer), Larry Lancit (Executive Producer), Larry Lancit (Supervising Producer), Cecily Truett (Executive Producer), Twila Liggett (Executive Producer)
First Air Date: Jun 06, 1983
Last Air date: Nov 10, 2006
Season: 21 Season
Episode: 155 Episode
Runtime: 30 minutes
IMDb: 8.36/10 by 36.00 users
Popularity: 27.197
Language: English
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