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"Ain't No Back to a Merry-Go-Round" Screening & Talk-Back with Ilana Trachtman

  • Reston Community Center-Leila Gordon Theatre 2310 Colts Neck Road Reston, VA, 20191 United States (map)

This presentation of “Ain’t No Back to a Merry-Go-Round,” directed by Emmy winner Ilana Trachtman, recounts the story of five Howard University students who broke barriers in the summer of 1960 by riding the whites-only carousel at Glen Echo Amusement Park. Their protest sparked an unprecedented alliance with the local community and drew national attention. Stay afterward for a discussion with director Ilana Trachtman.

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