Kim and Reggie Harris share music, knowledge of Underground Railroad

March 14, 2007 - Eighth-grade students received a special treat earlier this month from musical performers and educators, Kim and Reggie Harris.

The duo, which has performed original contemporary folk music and traditional African-American Spiritual and Freedom Songs for almost 30 years, gave a classroom workshop singing and discussing personal freedom and self-determination as well as many aspects of the emancipation of slavery and the Underground Railroad.

Students shared knowledge gained from a recent reading assignment, Huckleberry Finn, answered questions about geography and sang along with the "secret code" sign language that the slaves used to communicate meeting times and locations.

Kim and Reggie both have excellent voices and Reggie's acoustic guitar really brought life to the entertainment and learning.

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