A ride to remember : a civil rights story / by Sharon Langley and Amy Nathan ; illustrated by Floyd Cooper.
Material type: TextCopyright date: ©2020Publisher: New York : Abrams Books for Young Readers, [2020]Description: 1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 29 cmContent type:- text
- still image
- unmediated
- volume
- 9781419736858
- 141973685X
- Langley, Sharon, 1963- -- Juvenile literature
- African American girls -- Maryland -- Baltimore -- Biography -- Juvenile literature
- Merry-go-round -- Juvenile literature
- Gwynn Oak Park (Woodlawn, Md.) -- History -- Juvenile literature
- Gwynn Oak (Baltimore, Md.) -- Race relations -- Juvenile literature
- African Americans -- Civil rights -- Maryland -- Biography -- Juvenile literature
- Amusement parks -- Maryland -- Woodlawn -- History -- 20th century -- Juvenile literature
- African Americans -- Civil rights -- Maryland -- History -- 20th century -- Juvenile literature
- Civil rights movements -- Maryland -- History -- 20th century -- Juvenile literature
- Maryland -- Race relations -- Juvenile literature
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Children's Book | Dr. James Carlson Library | Children's NonFiction | 323.1196 L283 | Available | 33111009426947 | ||||
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
From Sharon Langley, award-winning author Amy Nathan, and award-winning illustrator Floyd Cooper, a picture book telling the true story of how a ride on a carousel made a powerful Civil Rights statement.
A Ride to Remember tells how a community came together--both Black and white--to make a change. When Sharon Langley was born in the early 1960s, many amusement parks were segregated, and African American families were not allowed entry. This book reveals how in the summer of 1963, due to demonstrations and public protests, the Gwynn Oak Amusement Park in Maryland became desegregated and opened to all for the first time.
Coauthor Sharon Langley was the first African American child to ride the carousel. This was on the same day of Martin Luther King Jr.'s March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom. Langley's ride to remember demonstrated the possibilities of King's dream. This book includes photos of Sharon on the carousel, authors' notes, a timeline, and a bibliography.
Includes bibliographical references.
"When Sharon Langley was born, amusement parks were segregated, and African American families were not allowed in. This picture book tells how a community came together--both black and white--to make a change. In the summer of 1963, because of demonstrations and public protests the Gwynn Oak Amusement Park in Maryland became desegregated and opened to all for the first time. Sharon and her parents were the first African American family to walk into the park, and Sharon was the first African American child to ride the merry-go-round. This was on the same day of Martin Luther King Jr.'s March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom. Sharon's ride to remember demonstrated the possibilities of King's dream ... The carousel, fully functional, now resides on the National Mall, near the Air and Space Museum."--Provided by publisher.