EAN: 9781419736858

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The true story of how a ride on a carousel made a powerful Civil Rights statementA Ride to Remember tells how a community came together-bothblack and white-to make a change. When Sharon Langley was born in theearly 1960s many amusement parks were segregated and African-Americanfamilies were not allowed entry. This book reveals how in the summer of1963 due to demonstrations and public protests the Gwynn Oak AmusementPark in Maryland became desegregated and opened to all for the firsttime. Co-author Sharon Langley was the first African-American child toride the carousel. This was on the same day of Martin Luther King Jr.'sMarch on Washington for Jobs and Freedom. Langley's ride to rememberdemonstrated the possibilities of King's dream. This book includesphotos of Sharon on the carousel authors' notes a timeline and abibliography.

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