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Philly director's documentary on 1960 fight to desegregate amusement park has two local screenings this month
Glen Echo Park hadn't been an amusement park since 1968, but it had transitioned into a cultural destination for families in ...
The Forward19d
In this civil rights protest, Jews both fought and defended segregation
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.
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Film charts lasting impact of rollercoaster Black-Jewish protest of segregated park
The Glen Echo Amusement Park had roller coaster tracks ... The post Film charts lasting impact of rollercoaster Black-Jewish protest of segregated park appeared first on The Times of Israel.
San Diego Jewish World5d
Black and Jewish Civil Rights Alliance Recalled in ‘Ain’t No Back to a Merry-Go-Round’
Glen Echo Amusement Park was the wholesome, beloved playground of White metropolitan Washington, DC. Every summer, tens of ...
The Times of Israel28d
Film charts lasting impact of rollercoaster Black-Jewish protest of segregated park
NEW YORK — Growing up in suburban Maryland, film director Ilana Trachtman was transfixed by the remains of a disused amusement park near her home. The Glen Echo Amusement Park had roller coaster ...