Event
Book Signing with Author Amy Nathan
Join us in Heritage Hall for a book signing featuring author, Amy Nathan to commemorate the re-opening of the Smithsonian National Carousel. A Ride to Remember tells how a community came together 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. Copies of the book will be available for sale courtesy of Smithsonian Enterprises.
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The National Museum of African American History and Culture is a place where all Americans can learn about the richness and diversity of the African American experience, what it means to their lives, and how it helped us shape this nation.
Washington, DC
10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Tuesday–Sunday
12 to 5:30 p.m. Monday
12 to 5:30 p.m. Monday