Follow the Drinking Gourd

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.

S11.E6 ∙ Follow the Drinking Gourd

Directed : Unknown

Written : Unknown

Stars : LeVar Burton Fred Newman Stephen Horelick Jennifer Betit Yen

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Genres : Comedy Fantasy Sci-Fi Drama Animation Family

Release date : Oct 17, 1993

Countries of origin : United States

Official sites : Facebook Official site

Language : English

Filming locations : Sonoran Desert National Monument, Gila Bend, Arizona, USA

Production companies : WNED-TV Buffalo Lancit Media Entertainment

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.

Details

Genres : Comedy Fantasy Sci-Fi Drama Animation Family

Release date : Oct 17, 1993

Countries of origin : United States

Official sites : Facebook Official site

Language : English

Filming locations : Sonoran Desert National Monument, Gila Bend, Arizona, USA

Production companies : WNED-TV Buffalo Lancit Media Entertainment

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