How do you explain segregation or the Movement for Black Lives to kids? In this conversation, Fatima Shaik speaks with co-authors Amy Nathan and Sharon Langley about their picture book, A Ride to Remember: A Civil Rights Story, which tells the story of how a community came together to integrate a public park and its carousel. These award winning authors share their perspective on how caregivers and educators can explain democracy’s benefits and failures to kids.

PEN America thanks the following sponsors for their support of the 2020 PEN World Voices Festival:

The National Endowment for the Arts
New York State Council on the Arts
The New York City Department of Cultural Affairs
The Mayor’s Office of Media and Entertainment (New York City)
Amazon Literary Partnership
The Horace W. Goldsmith Foundation
Acton Family Giving