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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.

English
  • Originally Aired October 18, 1993
  • Runtime 30 minutes
  • Content Rating United States of America TV-G
  • Network PBS
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