{"product_id":"oak-park-and-the-montgomery-zoo-images-of-america-alabama-0738553115","title":"Oak Park and the Montgomery Zoo (Images of America: Alabama)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0738553115\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/strong\u003e Trevino, Heather S.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCondition:\u003c\/strong\u003e New\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEstablished 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.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Mia Karts","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51959499456800,"sku":"NEW0738553115","price":25.46,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/miakarts.com\/products\/oak-park-and-the-montgomery-zoo-images-of-america-alabama-0738553115","provider":"Miakarts Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}