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Title A ride to remember : a civil rights story / by Sharon Langley and Amy Nathan ; illustrated by Floyd Cooper.
Author Langley, Sharon, 1963- author.
Publisher New York : Abrams Books for Young Readers, 2020.
Copyright ©2020
Description 1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations, photographs ; 29 cm
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 HF-Picture Books  JPBOR LAN Nearby on shelf  30632003857830 11-05-20  AVAILABLE
BIBLIOGRAPHY Includes bibliographical references.
Summary "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 carrousel, fully functional, now resides on the National Mall, near the Air and Space Museum."-- Provided by publisher.
Subject African American girls -- Maryland -- Baltimore -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
Merry-go-round -- 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.
Gwynn Oak Park (Woodlawn, Md.) -- History -- Juvenile literature.
Gwynn Oak (Baltimore, Md.) -- Race relations -- Juvenile literature.
Maryland -- Race relations -- Juvenile literature.
Genre Biographies.
Autobiographies.
Picture books for children.
Add'l Names Nathan, Amy, author.
Cooper, Floyd, illustrator.
Other title Civil rights story
ISBN 9781419736858
141973685X
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