A Ride to Remember

Media Type:Video
Genre(s):History
African-American
ISBN:9781690514367
Producer(s):Andy T. Jones
Director(s):Andy T. Jones
Narrator(s):Sharon Langley
Lovell Diggins
Illustrator(s):Floyd Cooper
Run Time:25 Minutes

Video

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.