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Author:

Langley, Sharon, 1963- author.

Title:

A ride to remember : a civil rights story / Sharon Langley and Amy Nathan ; illustrated by Floyd Cooper.

Publisher:

Abrams Books for Young Readers,

Copyright Date:

2020

Description:

1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 29 cm

Subject:

African American girls--Baltimore--Baltimore--Juvenile literature.--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--Juvenile literature.--Juvenile literature.
Amusement parks--Woodlawn--Woodlawn--History--20th century--Juvenile literature.
African Americans--History--Maryland--History--20th century--Juvenile literature.
Civil rights movements--Maryland--History--20th century--Juvenile literature.
Maryland--Race relations--Juvenile literature.

Other Authors:

Nathan, Amy, author.
Cooper, Floyd, illustrator.

Notes:

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.

ISBN:

141973685X
9781419736858

OCLC:

(OCoLC)1065548749

LCCN:

2018047317

Locations:

GFPE771 -- Altoona Public Library (Altoona)

KSPG296 -- Burlington Public Library (Burlington)

VWPC964 -- Calmar Public Library (Calmar)

SAPG074 -- Cedar Falls Public Library (Cedar Falls)

UNUX074 -- University of Northern Iowa - Rod Library (Cedar Falls)

TYPH572 -- Cedar Rapids Public Library (Cedar Rapids)

CBPF522 -- Coralville Public Library (Coralville)

BAPH771 -- Des Moines Public Library (Des Moines)

FXPH314 -- Carnegie-Stout Public Library (Dubuque)

YCPD572 -- Hiawatha Public Library (Hiawatha)

CAPH522 -- Iowa City Public Library (Iowa City)

EYPC755 -- Kingsley Public Library (Kingsley)

GOPG641 -- Marshalltown Public Library (Marshalltown)

KOPC446 -- H.J. Nugen Public Library (New London)

GAAX314 -- Northeast Iowa Community College Library - Peosta (Peosta)

WAPD715 -- Sheldon Public Library (Sheldon)

GDPF771 -- Urbandale Public Library (Urbandale)

SFPH074 -- Waterloo Public Library (Waterloo)

SMPE094 -- Waverly Public Library (Waverly)

GEPG771 -- West Des Moines Public Library (West Des Moines)