A Ride to Remember - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook A Ride to Remember write by Sharon Langley. This book was released on 2020-01-07. A Ride to Remember available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. The true story of how a 1963 ride on a carousel in Maryland made a powerful Civil Rights statement. A Ride to Remember tells how a community came together—both black and white—to make a change. When Sharon Langley was born in the early 1960s, many amusement parks were segregated, and African-American families were not allowed entry. This book 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. This book includes photos of Sharon on the carousel, authors’ notes, a timeline, and a bibliography. “Delivers a beautiful and tender message about equality from the very first page.” —Kirkus Reviews, Starred Review “Cooper’s richly textured illustrations evoke sepia photographs’ dreamlike combination of distance and immediacy, complementing the aura of reminiscence that permeates Langley and Nathan’s narrative.” —Publishers Weekly, Starred Review “A solid addition to U.S. history collections for its subject matter and its first-person historical narrative.” —School Library Journal
A Ride to Remember
A Ride to Remember - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook A Ride to Remember write by Sacchi Green. This book was released on 2011. A Ride to Remember available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. A Ride to Remember takes you on a journey through the sensual imagination of Sacchi Green, winner of the Lambda Literary Award for Best Lesbian Erotica. These thirteen stories offer an ever-changing panorama of encounters between women who know what they want and grasp it with fierce intensity. Travel the globe, from Alaska to the Grand Canyon, travel through the ages, from ancient China to Victorian England to the present day, along a trail of incendiary embraces and passionate hearts.
Get Up and Ride
Get Up and Ride - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Get Up and Ride write by Jim Shea. This book was released on 2020-12-11. Get Up and Ride available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. In the summer of 2010, brothers-in-law Marty and Jim embark on a cycling trip along the Great Allegheny Passage and C&O Canal, a 335-mile trek from their home in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania to Jim's boyhood home in Washington, DC. Chance encounters with colorful local characters and other surprising escapades during five days on the trail make for nonstop laughs. As they travel through forests and along winding rivers, they experience the breathtaking scenery of western Pennsylvania, Maryland and West Virginia, exploring early American history while learning more about each other as well as themselves. This true story is for adventurers and cyclists as well as couch potatoes looking for a lighthearted take on friendship and some hilarious fun.
Riding to Remember
Riding to Remember - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Riding to Remember write by Jerry Shadow Wolf Davis. This book was released on 2019-09-16. Riding to Remember available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. The government made us more promises than I can remember, but they never kept but one; the government promised to take our land and kill the buffalo, and they did. Riding to Remember explores the tragic history of the American Indian: from the usurping of their homes and land, the erosion of their customs and culture by European immigrants, to the current political climate. A warning--for those who do not learn from history, are destined to repeat it. More than that, though, Riding to Remember is a celebration of a proud and powerful people. May they never be forgotten. About the Author The descendant of a full-blood Cherokee, Jerry Shadow Wolf Davis has a vested interest in preserving the memories of his ancestors. A founder of the Trail of Tears Commemorative Motorcycle Ride(R), he works tirelessly to educate others, ensuring the history of the Native American Indian is not forgotten.
Round and Round Together
Round and Round Together - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Round and Round Together write by Amy Nathan. This book was released on . Round and Round Together available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. "A snapshot of the civil-rights movement in one city provides insight into the important role of individual communities as change moved through the country…a case study of how citizens of one city both precipitated and responded to the whirlwind of social change around them."—Kirkus Reviews "A profoundly moving tribute to the intrepid unsung heroes who risked their lives to help bring an end to Baltimore's Jim Crow Era."—Kam Williams, syndicated columnist 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. "Amy Nathan's book deftly describes the courageous struggle by blacks and whites to end discrimination in the park, the city, and the nation. Readers will walk away with a clearer understanding of segregation and the valiant Americans who fought against this injustice."—Debra Newman Ham, Professor of History, Morgan State University "Round and Round Together tells the inspiring story of how a generation of college and high school students provided the energy and enthusiasm that ended racial segregation in Baltimore's Gwynn Oak Amusement Park and changed the direction of Maryland's history."—James Henretta, Professor Emeritus, University of Maryland "With clarity and passion, Amy Nathan portrays the struggle of everyday citizens to end racial segregation in Baltimore. This compelling history, for and about young people, is simple but profound like freedom itself."—Taylor Branch, Pulitzer Prize–winning author of the trilogy America in the King Years
