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.
| Title | Follow the Drinking Gourd |
|---|---|
| Genres | Kids |
| Release Date | 1993-10-18 |
| Episode Runtime | 00 Hours 30 Minutes |
| Season Number | 11 |
| Episode Number | 6 |
| Production Companies | Lancit Media Productions, GBH |
