AIN'T NO BACK TO A MERRY-GO-ROUND

AIN'T NO BACK TO A MERRY-GO-ROUND is the untold story of an unprecedented partnership: the first time a Black student civil rights protest was joined by a white (largely Jewish) community. When 5 Howard University students sat on a Maryland merry-go-round in 1960, the arrests made headlines. When the white community near Glen Echo Amusement Park joined the Black students in picketing, an extraordinary history-making partnership was born. The pickets attracted Nazis, Congressmen, and a press avalanche. Picketing together over the sweltering summer led to partying together, and union organizers mentored student activists. The carousel arrests were challenged in the Supreme Court case.

With never-before seen footage, and immersive storytelling by Emmy-award winning director Ilana Trachtman(Praying with Lior, Black in Latin America, The Pursuit), four living protesters rescue this forgotten history, revealing the price, and the power, of heeding the impulse to activism.

There is an essay opportunity (with monetary reward) for children who have watched and reflected on this documentary.

This viewing is Free, and open to the public.