Reading Rainbow · SEASON 11
Follow the Drinking Gourd
Episode 6 · 1993-10-18
- Kids
Episode overview
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.
30 minutes
Season 11 episodes
1. Amazing Grace1993-10-11
2. The Furry News1993-10-12
3. Mrs. Katz and Tush1993-10-13
4. The Salamander Room1993-10-14
5. Silent Lotus1993-10-15
6. Follow the Drinking Gourd1993-10-18
7. If You Give a Mouse a Cookie1993-10-19
8. Is This a House for Hermit Crab?1993-10-20
9. And Still the Turtle Watched1993-10-21
10. June 29, 19991993-10-22
