The Fight to Desegregate an Amusement Park in the Summer of 1960

All Of It with Alison Stewart | Sep 16, 2025

A new documentary tells the story of an early Civil Rights Movement involving radical Black students, leftist white suburbanites, and a carousel. Emmy-award winning director Ilana Trachtman joins us to discuss her film, "Ain't No Back to a Merry-Go-Round" which opens at IFC Center this Wednesday, Sept. 17.

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