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Film Screening and Talkback: Ain’t No Back to a Merry-Go-Round  

Wednesday, September 18, 2024 7:30pm

Still from the documentary film featuring protestors marching with sandwich boards with messages promoting civil rights, ca 1960.

Location

  • Edlavitch DC JCC (EDCJCC)
    1529 16th St. NW, Washington, DC, 20036

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  • $16 General
  • $13 Student

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Discover the untold story of the first organized interracial civil rights protest in U.S. history. Followed by a talkback with film director Ilana Trachtman and Museum curator Sarah Leavitt.

 

In partnership with the Edlavitch DCJCC 

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