When five Howard University students sat on a segregated Maryland carousel in 1960, the arrests made headlines. When the largely Jewish community near Glen Echo Amusement Park joined the Black students in picketing, the first organized interracial civil rights protest in U.S. history was born.

Produced and directed by Ilana Trachtman (daughter of WHC’s longtime Hebrew teacher Gerdy Trachtman), the film has played at festivals across the country. Following the screening, there will be a discussion between Rabbi Sue Shankman and Pastor Mark Thomas of Contee AME Zion Church, moderated by Yolanda Savage-Narva of the Union for Reform Judaism.

The show is at the Avalon Theatre, 5612 Connecticut Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20015. ORDER TICKETS (Select Thursday, May 15, 7:15 pm showtime)

More information about the film can be found at aintnoback.com.

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