Young people in a school bus marked "Freedom Now" during a protest at the Gwynn Oak Amusement Park in Baltimore County, Maryland, on July 4, 1963. Civil rights demonstrators and activists from Washington, D.C.; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; and Baltimore City, joined together to protest the park's segregation policies and refusal to admit African Americans. Protests related…

Gwynn Oak Amusement Park protestors riding ‘Freedom Now’ bus

Description

Young people in a school bus marked "Freedom Now" during a protest at the Gwynn Oak Amusement Park in Baltimore County, Maryland, on July 4, 1963. Civil rights demonstrators and activists from Washington, D.C.; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; and Baltimore City, joined together to protest the park's segregation policies and refusal to admit African Americans. Protests related to integration had been occurring at the park for almost a decade when the policy was finally changed to admit African American visitors on August 28, 1963, about two months after this particular protest.

Creator

Childress, Richard

Date

1963-07-04

Language(s)

English

Collection Number

PP177

Dimensions

Box: 25

Object ID

pp177.6184

Extent

1 negative (from group of 2)

Resource ID

14940

Notes

Gift of Wilmina Sydnor.

Digital Publisher

Digital resource provided by the Maryland Center for History and Culture

Rights

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