african-american to play in major league baseball. he would go onto become a civil rights activist, a friend of martin luther king, jr. today his daughter is writing about that fight, about what became her fight. a new novel called a child of the dream sharon robinson recalls growing up during the civil rights movement working with her father for equality. she writes, during her dinner table conversation we always had some time to talk about what was happening with us kids, but it always moved into what was happening outside of our home, so we were very focused on social change. it wasn t just about the civil rights movement. i watched political news. i was very involved with politics with my dad, so that was part of my relationship with him. this connection with the civil rights movement was a big piece of it. sharon, great to have you with us. thank you. what moved you to write this book? why now? the 1963 children s march in
i am 16. wow. you guys are a couple of years away from being able to vote but not too young to change the world obviously. you all are brilliant. thank you to lanie and briana and zoey gordon. i am so honored to meet you guys. this is amazing. thank you very much. will you guys e-mail me your piece, i definitely want to read them. the march for our lives movement, the social movement that s led by young people. during the civil rights, the students played a critical role for the fight of justice. here is our documentary hope and fury. the movement and the media. take a listen. protesters get attack and the media covers it. then came things what can i do now? that s when he decided to have the children s march. these are the 1100 children of birmingham who demonstrated
at the same time they will understand other issues like we are in sacramento today dealing with the police shooting there. i think that the maturity of a lot of the young activists in our community and the maturity and growth of the parkland students is something reminiscent. people haven t started because they are kids. you started when you was 15 years old. i became youth director. he appointed me when i was 13 years old. i was chairman at 16. when i look at the youngsters don t feel odd, it was the children s march in birmingham that turned it around. there is no age requirement to change the world. every movement has been led and supported by young people. our job is to say why is it their responsibility when it should be intergenerational