Ain't No Back to a Merry-Go-Round

In June of 1960, three shocking, unprecedented events happened at "idyllic" Glen Echo Amusement Park.

Howard University students arrived at the park and sat down on the carousel; white, middle-aged neighbors, largely Jewish, joined the protest; the American Nazi Party showed up. This powerful documentary tells the forgotten story of how those three events shook metropolitan Washington, forced sides, changed lives and ignited sparks that flew out across the Civil Rights Movement for years to come.

Presented as part of the Mayerson JCC Jewish & Israeli Film Festival.

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