A Young Black Girl Was the First to Desegregate a Maryland Carousel in the 1960s. Now, the Historic Merry-Go-Round Will Entertain Visitors on the National Mall

The ride from Gwynn Oak Amusement Park has been out of commission for renovations since 2023. It opens to the public on April 24

Charles Langley guides his 11-month-old daughter, Sharon, onto the Gwynn Oak Amusement Park carousel on August 28, 1963 Baltimore Sun / Courtesy of Amy Nathan from page 2 of her book Round and Round Together: Taking a Merry-Go-Round Ride into the Civil Rights Movement, Paul Dry Books, 2011

On August 28, 1963, a young Black couple in Baltimore had to decide whether to travel about 45 miles south to attend the March on Washington , along with more than 250,000 other Americans devoted to civil rights and racial equality.…