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Running Time: 24:00 hrsNarrator: Sharon Langley, Janina Edwards, , Lovell DigginsPublisher:Dreamscape Media, LLC, 2020Note: This book was purchased with support from the Government of Canada's Social Development Partnerships Program - Disability Component.
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- Author: Nathan, Amy; Langley, SharonEdition: UnabridgedDate:Created2020Summary:
When Sharon Langley was born in the early 1960s, many amusement parks were segregated, and African-American families were not allowed entry. This interesting tale 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. Co-author 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.
Subject(s): African American girls | African Americans | Amusement parks | Baltimore | Biography | Civil rights | Civil rights movements | Langley, Sharon | Maryland | Merry-go-round | WoodlawnOriginal Publisher: [United States], Dreamscape Media, LLCLanguage(s): EnglishISBN: 9781690514343, 1690514345
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