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Author Langley, Sharon, 1963- author.

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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Location Call No. Status
 Berlin-Peck Memorial Library - Children's Department  J 323 LANGLEY    Check Shelf
 Bloomfield, Prosser Library - Children's Department  LJW J323 LANGLEY    Storage
 Bristol, Main Library – Children’s Picture Book Collection  JIF LANGLEY    Check Shelf
 Colchester, Cragin Memorial Library - Children's Department  PEOPLE & PLACES E LAN    Check Shelf
 East Hartford, Raymond Library - Children's Department  J305.8 L    Check Shelf
 Farmington, Main Library - Children's Department  J 305.8LAN    Check Shelf
 Glastonbury, Welles-Turner Memorial Library - Children's Department  J 323 LANGLEY    Check Shelf
 Manchester, Main Library - Children's Department  J 305.8009 LANGLEY    Check Shelf
 New Britain, Main Library - Children's Department  J305.8 LAN    Check Shelf
 Simsbury Public Library - Children's Department  J 305.8009 LAN    Check Shelf

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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