Ain’t No Back to a Merry-Go-Round
When five Howard University students sat on a segregated Maryland carousel in 1960, the arrests made headlines. When the largely Jewish community near Glen Echo Amusement Park joined the Black students in picketing, the first organized interracial civil rights protest in US history was born.
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Ain’t No Back to a Merry-Go-Round
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Status
Released
Release Date
May 5, 2024
Runtime
1h 29m
Genres
Documentary
Original Title
Ain’t No Back to a Merry-Go-Round
Production Companies
Ruby Pictures, Jewish Story Partners, National Endowment for the Arts
Director
Ilana Trachtman
Description
When five Howard University students sat on a segregated Maryland carousel in 1960, the arrests made headlines. When the largely Jewish community near Glen Echo Amusement Park joined the Black students in picketing, the first organized interracial civil rights protest in US history was born.
