During the 1950s, an era of the Jim Crow South and segregation, a group of Black students became the original Highwaymen – six self-taught and self-mentoring artists who traveled throughout the state of Florida, painting and selling landscapes out of the trunk of their cars, as galleries would not feature the work of Black artists. Carroll was a member of that original troupe and the only woman in the group that grew to 26.

Together, through 30 years of painting and battling racial discrimination, it is believed that the Highwaymen created over 200,000 works of art and were later inducted into the Florida Artists Hall of Fame in 2004.

The Highway Woman Kit reintroduces an all-purple look for the Pride, with a dark purple base forboth the jersey top and the shorts. As a nod to Carroll’s artistry, the main pattern of the kit is highlighted by a contrasting, lighter purple brushstroke pattern.