Film Screening of Ain’t No Back to the Merry-Go-Round

AIN’T NO BACK TO A MERRY-GO-ROUND is a just-released film by Ilana Trachtman that highlights the untold story of the first organized interracial civil rights protest in U.S. history. When five Howard University students sat on a Maryland carousel 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. Ten 1961 Freedom Riders, including Stokely Carmichael, were incubated on the Glen Echo Picket line, and the carousel arrests were challenged in the Supreme Court case.

This event will take place on Thursday, April 10, from 7-9 pm at Westchester Community College, Gateway Center in Valhalla, NY

The evening will consist of:
o Film screening
o Talkback with filmmaker Ilana Trachtman, former Congressman Mondaire Jones and Kol Ami Rabbi Emeritus, Rabbi Shira Milgrom
o Refreshments

For more information, please contact Abbe Marcus: 845-494-9288 / abbe@journeys2change.com

The event is free, but registration is required: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/aint-no-back-to-a-merry-go-round-wcc-screening-tickets-1259842886989

WATCH THE TEASER: https://www.aintnoback.com/