Glen Echo National Park
Description
Glen Echo National Park, administered by the George Washington Memorial Parkway, collected the oral histories of activists that protested segregation at Glen Echo Amusement Park. Many of the oral histories within Glen Echo National Park are part of the park's story, “Summer of Change: A Civil Rights Story”.
Collection Items
Glen Echo Park Integration
On June 30, 1960, students from Howard University’s Nonviolent Action Group (NAG) held a sit-in at the Glen Echo Park. Five of the picketers were arrested, and NAG, with the support of residents from the Bannockburn neighborhood around the park,…