Amazon has tapped actress Marsai Martin (Black-ish) in the lead role of its upcoming American Girl live action special Melody, 1963: Love Has to Win, an American GirlStory, the streaming service said Thursday.

Martin will play a 10-year-old girl whose eyes are opened to the racial inequality surrounding her, including the 1963 Birmingham Church Bombing, according to network officials.

Melody, 1963, executive produced by Common (Selma) and Alison McDonald (Roots), also stars Frances Fisher (Titanic), Frankie Faison (The Wire), and Idara Victor (Rizzoli & Isles).

 The Melody special, executively produced by Common’s Freedom Road Productions, is an Amazon adaptation on American Girl’s original created stories written by Denise Lewis Patrick.

Amazon and American Girl have also partnered to feature unique Melody product collections in the American Girl brand store.