round and round together taking a merry-go-round ride together into the civil rights movement by amy mason who is here with me the author of this book thank you for being with us. >> thank you. >> first question, how does this carousel play a role in the civil rights movement. >> august 28th, 1963, the same day as the march on washington was the first day this amusement park in baltimore maryland dropped segregation and a little girl, 11 months old she was the first african american girl to go for a ride on this merry-go-round >> now it is on the national mall where we can all ride it,. >> yeah, you know, just a few hours after she took her ride martin luther king gave her famous i have a dream speech talking about wanting there to be a day when black children and white children would treat each other as brothers and sisters, 40 miles away sharon was riding the merry-go-round with two little white kids on either side of her having a great time there was no problem whatsoever. >> what is happen being the occupy protest and what was seen in the middle east you tie that in together, talking a

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