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Girl on Merry-Go-Round Became Symbol of Civil Rights Struggle
Updated: Thursday, 15 Dec 2011, 12:10 PM EST
Published : Thursday, 15 Dec 2011, 12:10 PM EST
In August of 1963, Reverend Martin Luther King Junior made his famous "I Have A Dream" speech.
On the very same day, a tiny girl who was seated on a merry-go-round just outside Baltimore also became a symbol of the long struggle for civil rights.
FOX 5’s Maureen Umeh reports.
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