In GBN's "A Year of Good Black News" Page-A-Day®️Calendar for 2022 we explore words and phrases in the Black Lexicon in a category we call "Lemme Break It Down." Our February entry in this category takes a brief look at "the drinking gourd."

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The folksong “Follow the Drinking Gourd” was first published in 1928.

Richie Havens’ version is from the 1991 album, Songs of the Civil War.

Jeanette Winter’s 1992 illustrated book  ...