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In this civil rights protest, Jews both fought and defended segregation

JL;DR SUMMARY The documentary "Ain't No Back to a Merry-Go-Round," directed by Ilana Trachtman, revisits the 1960 Glen Echo Amusement Park protests led by a coalition of Howard University students and Jewish community members. A way out west there was a fella, fella I want to tell you about, fella by the name of Jeff Lebowski. At least, that was the handle his lovin' parents gave him, but he never had much use for it himself. This Lebowski, he called himself the Dude. Now, Dude, that's a name no one would self-apply where I come from. But then, there was a lot about the Dude that didn't make a whole lot of sense to me. And a lot about where he lived, likewise. But then again, maybe that's why I found the place s'durned innarestin'.

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ProtestJewish IdentitySegregationCivil RightsHoward UniversityGlen Echo Amusement ParkAmerican Nazi PartyIlana TrachtmanBannockburnJewish Whiteness

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Glen Echo, Maryland, United States
"The documentary focuses on the 1960 alliance between Howard University students and Jewish community members fighting for the integration of the Glen Echo Amusement Park in suburban Maryland."
New York, United States
"Aint No Back to a Merry-Go-Round will be showing at the New York Jewish Film Festival on Wednesday, January 29th at 1:00 PM and 7:00 PM."

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