{"product_id":"oak-park-and-the-montgomery-zoo-9780738553115","title":"Oak Park and the Montgomery Zoo","description":"Established at the beginning of the 20th century with a total of 41 acres, Oak Park was the social and recreational center of Alabama s capital city, Montgomery. It was here in 1935 that a menagerie of animals was housed in facilities built by the Works Progress Administration called the Oak Park Zoo. As the civil rights movement gathered steam in the 1950s, there was a class action suit to desegregate the city s parks, including the zoo. In response, all parks were closed, including Oak Park. In 1967, plans were approved for a 34-acre recreational park in north Montgomery, which included acreage for a small zoo. Unfortunately, although the zoo was scheduled to open in 1971, thirteen years after the closing of Oak Park, the opening was delayed for almost a year when the zoo s first director died in a car accident just 37 days after accepting his post. The opening of the new Montgomery Zoo was finally celebrated in 1972 and included the happy homecoming of a female capuchin monkey, an original resident of Oak Park.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Arcadia Publishing (SC)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/21\/2007\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780738553115\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 127\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.71lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.26h x 6.62w x 0.35d","brand":"Heather S. Trevino, Linda E. Pastorello","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41334232711349,"sku":"9780738553115","price":21.24,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_e2bbf5bf-7152-4c19-a444-d708de4bdfe3.jpg?v=1636431441","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/oak-park-and-the-montgomery-zoo-9780738553115","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}