On Aug. 28, 1963, the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., appeared at the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom. But the Langley family of West Arlington headed for Gwynn Oak Amusement Park in Baltimore ...

In the photo, Sharon Langley is an infant girl of 11 months, dressed all in white atop a carousel pony in suburban Baltimore. Held in place by her father, she regards him with uncertain eyes, unaware ...

Gwynn Oak Amusement Park in Baltimore County went the way of the buffalo after Hurricane Agnes hit the area in 1973. Ten years earlier, the amusement park was the site of a civil rights demonstration; ...

A photo of Sharon Langley with the carousel horse she rode in 1963 after the park was desegregated was on display in the story tent. The carousel was moved 40 miles away to its current spot on the ...

Meeting in New York City last month, the general board of the National Council of Churches entered into soul-searching discussion of the role its members should play in the nation’s civil rights ...