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

Publication Info.	New York : Abrams Books for Young Readers, 2020.
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Description	1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 29 cm
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 carousel, fully functional, now resides on the National Mall, near the Air and Space Museum."--Provided by publisher.
Subject	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.
	Langley, Sharon, 1963-
	African American girls -- Maryland -- Baltimore -- Biography.
	Merry-go-round.
	African Americans -- Civil rights -- Maryland -- Biography.
	Amusement parks -- Maryland -- Woodlawn -- History -- 20th century.
	African Americans -- Civil rights -- Maryland -- History -- 20th century.
	Civil rights movements -- Maryland -- History -- 20th century.
	Gwynn Oak (Baltimore, Md.) -- History.
	Gwynn Oak (Baltimore, Md.) -- Race relations.
	JUVENILE NONFICTION / People & Places / United States / African American.
	JUVENILE NONFICTION / History / United States / 20th Century.
	JUVENILE NONFICTION / History / Symbols, Monuments, National Parks, etc..
	African American girls. (OCoLC)fst00799183
	African Americans -- Civil rights. (OCoLC)fst00799575
	Amusement parks. (OCoLC)fst00808076
	Civil rights movements. (OCoLC)fst00862708
	Merry-go-round. (OCoLC)fst01017253
	Race relations. (OCoLC)fst01086509
	Maryland. (OCoLC)fst01204739
	Maryland -- Baltimore. (OCoLC)fst01204292
	Maryland -- Woodlawn. (OCoLC)fst01203595
	Maryland -- Woodlawn -- Gwynn Oak Park. (OCoLC)fst01939674
	African American children -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
	Merry-go-round -- Juvenile literature.
	African Americans -- Civil rights -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
	Amusement parks -- Juvenile literature.
	African Americans -- Civil rights -- Juvenile literature.
	Civil rights movements -- Juvenile literature.
	African American children -- Biography.
	Merry-go-round.
	African Americans -- Civil rights -- Biography.
	Amusement parks.
	African Americans -- Civil rights.
	Maryland -- Juvenile literature.
Chronological Term	1900-1999
Genre/Form	Picture books. (OCoLC)fst01726789
	Informational works. (OCoLC)fst01919930
	Autobiographies. (OCoLC)fst01919894
	Biographies. (OCoLC)fst01919896
	History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
	Juvenile works. (OCoLC)fst01411637
	Autobiographies.
	Biographies.
	Informational works.
	Picture books.
Added Author	Nathan, Amy, author.
	Cooper, Floyd, illustrator.
ISBN	9781419736858 hardcover with jacket
	141973685X hardcover with jacket

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