Description:On August 28, 1963the day of Martin Luther King Jr.'s famous "I Have a Dream" speechsegregation ended at Gwynn Oak amusement park in Maryland when eleven-month old Sharon Langley, her dad beside her, became the first black child to ride the park's famous merry-go-round. As Amy Nathan tells the story of how individuals in Baltimore integrated one amusement park in their town, she also gives an overview of the history of segregation and the civil rights movement. Round and Round Together creates a new civil rights symbolthe Gwynn Oak carousel is now the Smithsonian Carousel which thousands of kids enjoy each year.
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 and a timeline of major civil rights events.
Amy Nathan is an award-winning author of several books for young people including The Young Musician's Survival Guide, Count on Us: American Women in the Military, Yankee Doodle Gals: Women Pilots of World War II, Meet the Musicians, and Surviving Homework.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Round and Round Together: Taking a Merry-Go-Round Ride into the Civil Rights Movement by Nathan, Amy [Paul Dry Books, 2011] Paperback [Paperback]. To get started finding Round and Round Together: Taking a Merry-Go-Round Ride into the Civil Rights Movement by Nathan, Amy [Paul Dry Books, 2011] Paperback [Paperback], you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed. Our library is the biggest of these that have literally hundreds of thousands of different products represented.
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Round and Round Together: Taking a Merry-Go-Round Ride into the Civil Rights Movement by Nathan, Amy [Paul Dry Books, 2011] Paperback [Paperback]
Description: On August 28, 1963the day of Martin Luther King Jr.'s famous "I Have a Dream" speechsegregation ended at Gwynn Oak amusement park in Maryland when eleven-month old Sharon Langley, her dad beside her, became the first black child to ride the park's famous merry-go-round. As Amy Nathan tells the story of how individuals in Baltimore integrated one amusement park in their town, she also gives an overview of the history of segregation and the civil rights movement. Round and Round Together creates a new civil rights symbolthe Gwynn Oak carousel is now the Smithsonian Carousel which thousands of kids enjoy each year.
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 and a timeline of major civil rights events.
Amy Nathan is an award-winning author of several books for young people including The Young Musician's Survival Guide, Count on Us: American Women in the Military, Yankee Doodle Gals: Women Pilots of World War II, Meet the Musicians, and Surviving Homework.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Round and Round Together: Taking a Merry-Go-Round Ride into the Civil Rights Movement by Nathan, Amy [Paul Dry Books, 2011] Paperback [Paperback]. To get started finding Round and Round Together: Taking a Merry-Go-Round Ride into the Civil Rights Movement by Nathan, Amy [Paul Dry Books, 2011] Paperback [Paperback], you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed. Our library is the biggest of these that have literally hundreds of thousands of different products represented.