A Ride to Remember: A Civil Rights Story

“I love carousels. The horses come in so many colors—black, white, brown, gray, a honey shade of tan, sunny yellow, fire engine red, or even a soft baby blue. But no matter their colors, the horses all go at the same speed as they circle round and round. They start together. They finish together, too. Nobody is first and nobody is last. Everyone is equal when you ride a carousel.”

If you are allowed to ride a carousel....

Sharon Langley tells the story of the peaceful protests of her parents and many others that led to the opening of an amusement park in Baltimore to African Americans in 1963.

It's a powerful story, well told, and beautifully illustrated by Coretta Scott Award winner Floyd Cooper.