Meet Carlotta Walls LaNier, the author of "A Mighty Long Way"

A Mighty Long Way is the subject of the 2011 CMC Common Reader program. Author Carlotta Walls LaNier will visit the West Garfield CMC Campus in Rifle on October 18 at 7 p.m. (click for a map). She will also be at the Aspen campus on October 19 at 10 a.m. (click for a map) and the Spring Valley campus at 7 p.m. on October 19 (click for a map). During these visits she will give talks which are open to both students and general public. For more information about the CMC Common Reader program, click here.

In 1957, Carlotta Walls LaNier and eight other black students - known as the Little Rock Nine - only wanted to make it to class. But their journey would lead the nation on a much more turbulent path. In A Mighty Long Way, Walls LaNier has written an inspiring memoir that shines a light on this watershed moment in Civil Rights history.

The Garfield County Libraries have many copies of A Mighty Long Way available to check out, with eReader and audio book versions also available. Click here to find it in our catalog. Grab a copy, read, and then come find out what Carlotta has to say about what really happened when segregation, fear, and hatred all did battle with the justice system, faith, and hope.