International Standard Book Number |
9781419736858 (hardcover with jacket)
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Dewey Decimal Classification Number |
305.8009752/710904 23
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Personal Name |
Langley, Sharon, 1963- author.
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Title Statement |
A ride to remember : a Civil Rights story / by Sharon Langley and Amy Nathan ; illustrated by Floyd Cooper.
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Production, Publication, Distribution, Manufacture, and Copyright Notice |
New York : Abrams Books for Young Readers, [2020]
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Physical Description |
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; Hardcover 29 cm
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Content Type |
text txt rdacontent
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Media Type |
unmediated n rdamedia
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Carrier Type |
volume nc rdacarrier
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Bibliography, Etc. Note |
Includes bibliographical references.
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Summary, Etc. |
"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 carrousel, fully functional, now resides on the National Mall, near the Air and Space Museum."--Provided by publisher.
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Subject Added Entry - Topical Term |
African Americans Civil rights Maryland Biography Juvenile literature.
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Subject Added Entry - Topical Term |
African Americans Civil rights Maryland History 20th century Juvenile literature.
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Subject Added Entry - Topical Term |
Civil rights movements Maryland History 20th century Juvenile literature.
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Subject Added Entry - Topical Term |
African American girls Maryland Baltimore Biography Juvenile literature.
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Subject Added Entry - Topical Term |
Merry-go-round Juvenile literature.
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Subject Added Entry - Topical Term |
Amusement parks Maryland Woodlawn History 20th century Juvenile literature.
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Subject Added Entry - Geographical Term |
Maryland Race relations Juvenile literature.
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Subject Added Entry - Geographical Term |
Gwynn Oak Park (Woodlawn, Md.) History Juvenile literature.
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Subject Added Entry - Geographical Term |
Gwynn Oak (Baltimore, Md.) Race relations Juvenile literature.
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Added Entry, Personal Name |
Nathan, Amy, author.
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Added Entry, Personal Name |
Cooper, Floyd, illustrator.
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