A Ride to Remember

Media Type:Audiobook
Genre(s):History
African-American
Narrator(s):Sharon Langley
Lovell Diggins
Janina Edwards
ISBN:9781666559552
Publish Date:11/26/2019
Run Time:24 Minutes
Language:English
Publisher:Dreamscape Media

Audiobook

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.