OPENING THE GATES
Celebrating Gwynn Oak Amusement Park 50 Years Later
We honor the courageous acts of those who struggled for Civil Rights in Maryland, and especially those who in 1963 actively pursued and achieved the desegregation of Gwynn Oak Amusement Park.
Let us all work together to keep the gates of communication, cooperation, and community open.
Opening the Gates is being hosted by a coalition of clergy groups (Christian, Jewish, Muslim), media, private companies and foundations. Our mission is to honor the memory of those who courageously struggled for Civil Rights in Maryland and especially those who actively sought the desegregation of Gwynn Oak Park, which was achieved in 1963. We will both commemorate and celebrate how crucial it is that gates of communication, cooperation, and community continue to be open.
Opening the Gates Planning Committee
Co-chairpersons: Rabbi Gila Ruskin and Peter O’Neal
Event Planner: David Green
Commemoration Partners
Peter and Beverly O’Neal, filmmakers
Amy Nathan, author
Archdiocese of Baltimore
Associated Black Charities
Associated Jewish Federation of Baltimore
Baltimore Board of Rabbis
Baltimore Hebrew Congregation
Baltimore Interfaith Coalition
Baltimore Jewish Council
Beth Am Synagogue
Beth Israel Congregation
Chizuk Amuno Congregation
Grant Capital Management, Inc.
Gwynn Oak Community Association
Hunter Concessions, Inc.
Liberty Road Business Association
Jewish Museum of Maryland
Maryland Commission on African American History and Culture
Metropolitan United Methodist Church
NAACP Baltimore County, MD
Robert M. Bell Center for Civil Rights in Education, Morgan State University
Securityplus Federal Credit Union
Security Woodlawn Business Association
Set the Captives Free Ministry
Temple Oheb Shalom
Union Bethel AME Church
LifeBridge Health
Media Partners
Baltimore Jewish Times
AFRO-American newspapers
WEAA 88.9 Morgan State University
WOLB 1010
Spirit 1400
95.9 Magic
92.3 QJams
Commemorative Plaque Contributors
Security Woodlawn Business Association, in partnership with the Gwynn Oak Community Association and Baltimore County, secured a grant to erect a commemorative plaque celebrating the 50th anniversary of the end of segregation of Gwynn Oak Amusement Park. County Executive Kevin Kamenetz spearheaded this effort to continue the revitalization of the historic Gwynn Oak community.
Co-chairpersons: Rabbi Gila Ruskin and Peter O’Neal
Event Planner: David Green
Commemoration Partners
Peter and Beverly O’Neal, filmmakers
Amy Nathan, author
Archdiocese of Baltimore
Associated Black Charities
Associated Jewish Federation of Baltimore
Baltimore Board of Rabbis
Baltimore Hebrew Congregation
Baltimore Interfaith Coalition
Baltimore Jewish Council
Beth Am Synagogue
Beth Israel Congregation
Chizuk Amuno Congregation
Grant Capital Management, Inc.
Gwynn Oak Community Association
Hunter Concessions, Inc.
Liberty Road Business Association
Jewish Museum of Maryland
Maryland Commission on African American History and Culture
Metropolitan United Methodist Church
NAACP Baltimore County, MD
Robert M. Bell Center for Civil Rights in Education, Morgan State University
Securityplus Federal Credit Union
Security Woodlawn Business Association
Set the Captives Free Ministry
Temple Oheb Shalom
Union Bethel AME Church
LifeBridge Health
Media Partners
Baltimore Jewish Times
AFRO-American newspapers
WEAA 88.9 Morgan State University
WOLB 1010
Spirit 1400
95.9 Magic
92.3 QJams
Commemorative Plaque Contributors
Security Woodlawn Business Association, in partnership with the Gwynn Oak Community Association and Baltimore County, secured a grant to erect a commemorative plaque celebrating the 50th anniversary of the end of segregation of Gwynn Oak Amusement Park. County Executive Kevin Kamenetz spearheaded this effort to continue the revitalization of the historic Gwynn Oak community.
