Profiling ten pioneer African American space workers, including technicians, mathematicians, engineers, and an astronaut candidate, this book tells an inspiring, largely unknown story of how the space program served as a launching pad for a more integrate
Profiling ten pioneer African American space workers, including technicians, mathematicians, engineers, and an astronaut candidate, this book tells an inspiring, largely unknown story of how the space program served as a launching pad for a more integrate
A former producer of The Diane Rehm Show, Richard Paul is an award-winning independent public radio documentary producer whose work includes Race and the Space Race, about the first African Americans in the space program. Paul was the 2012–2013 Verville Fellow in Space History at the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum. His feature stories have appeared on NPR’s Morning Edition and PRI’s Studio 360.Steven Moss is Associate Professor of English at Texas State Technical College and a Fellow of the Kellogg Institute. His master’s thesis, “NASA and Racial Equality in the South, 1961–1968” (Texas Tech University, 1997), was one of the first academic works on the topic.
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* Preface * Introduction * 1. A Man of Firsts: Julius Montgomery * 2. "There Was a Lot of History There": Theodis Ray * 3. Stronger Than Steel: Frank Crossley * 4. Dixie's Role in the Space Age * 5. First of Race in Space: Ed Dwight * 6. The View from Space: George Carruthers * 7. "Huntsville, It Has Always Been Unique": Delano Hyder and Richard Hall * 8. The Country Spartacus: Clyde Foster * 9. Water Walkers: Morgan Watson and George Bourda * Conclusion * Appendix: Relevant Census Numbers on Employed Professional and Skilled Labor for NASA Host States * Notes * Acknowledgments * Index
* Preface * Introduction * 1. A Man of Firsts: Julius Montgomery * 2. "There Was a Lot of History There": Theodis Ray * 3. Stronger Than Steel: Frank Crossley * 4. Dixie's Role in the Space Age * 5. First of Race in Space: Ed Dwight * 6. The View from Space: George Carruthers * 7. "Huntsville, It Has Always Been Unique": Delano Hyder and Richard Hall * 8. The Country Spartacus: Clyde Foster * 9. Water Walkers: Morgan Watson and George Bourda * Conclusion * Appendix: Relevant Census Numbers on Employed Professional and Skilled Labor for NASA Host States * Notes * Acknowledgments * Index
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