#OTD August 28, 1963: 11-month-old Sharon Langley made history, becoming the 1st African-American child to ride the merry-go-round at Maryland's Gwynn Oak Amusement Park. But it took years for the park to be desegregated after countless protests.
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Cite this blog:
"Sharon Langley, Integration of Gwynn Oak Amusement Park, 1963." Historianspeaks, August 29, 2026. https://historianspeaks.org/blog/sharon-langley-integration-of-gwynn-oak-amusement-park-1963.