Author

Publication

2011 - Paul Dry Books, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Language

English

Word Count

62,500 words, Guess

Page Count

250 pages

Physical Format

Paperback

Identifiers

Classifications

  • DDC323.1196/07307526
  • LCCF189.B19 N458 2011

Description

On August 28, 1963—the day of Martin Luther King Jr.'s famous "I Have a Dream" speech—segregation ended finally at Baltimore's Gwynn Oak Amusement Park, after nearly a decade of bitter protests. Eleven-month-old Sharon Langley was the first African American child to go on a ride there that day, taking a spin on the park's merry-go-round, which since 1981 has been located on the National Mall in front of the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, D.C. Round and Round Together weaves the story of the struggle to integrate that Baltimore amusement park into the story of the civil rights movement as a whole. Round and Round Together is illustrated with archival photos from newspapers and other sources, as well as personal photos from family albums of individuals interviewed for the book. There is a timeline of major Civil Rights events. *- Paul Dry Books*

Subjects

Places

MarylandBaltimore (Md.)Washington (D.C.)Smithsonian InstitutionGwynn Oak (Woodlawn, Md.)National Mall (Washington DC)Gwynn Oak Park (Woodlawn, Md.)

People

Sharon LangleyCharles Langley Jr.Martin Luther King Jr.

Times

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