Follow the drinking gourd
Type
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Follow the drinking gourd
Language
eng
Characteristic
videorecording
Intended audience
NRC
Main title
Follow the drinking gourd
Medium
electronic resource
Runtime
30
Series statement
Reading rainbow, 96
Summary
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. In this unedited, original episode of Reading Rainbow, join LeVar Burton on an educational and entertaining adventure through classic books, video field trips and the always favorite "kid book reviews."
Target audience
juvenile
Technique
live action
Subject
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