Reading Rainbow: Follow the Drinking Gourd
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Uploaded by 12deonflood on Jul 25, 2011
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.
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I remember watching this when I was 8 back i 1999 for my class. I was about to cry when the baby was being taken away from her.
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@TheConstantWinter Hey Take it easy
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@OldmusicRockstons Your Right
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I saw this in music class!
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@1987AnimeBoy LeVar is really serious in this one, Visiting Day, and The Wall...
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I came here for the song and slavery is such a horrible thing :(
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@TheMalfoyBoy your welcome
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@crazyrandomninja1 Thanks my friend
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@TheMalfoyBoy its called ella's song
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@ThatGuyWhoDosentcamp Slavery is not funny you are messed up in the head. How can you even say that slavery is funny
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@ThatGuyWhoDosentcamp Slavery IS NOT funny! I hope your ass gets chained and locked in a damn, crowded ass boat so you can crap all over yourself and we'll see how much you laugh your ass off!
TheConstantWinter 6 months ago 8
@KodyBoy555 Yes he is. I think he also sang the Follow the Drinking Gourd song in the story as well.
heartofmusic27 5 months ago 2