This is a documentary about Black astronauts. It starts with with Ed Dwight, who wasn’t an astronaut, though plenty of people thought he was #BHM #BlackHistory #BlackHistoryMatters #blackhistorymonth #BlackHistory
https://youtu.be/I7jJ8jEh608
Black in Space: Breaking the Color Barrier (Full Episode)

America's experiences during the Civil Rights Movement and the Space Race are well documented. However, few know about the moment these two worlds collided, ...

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The telescope is in the Smithsonian. This is the display that was created around it. #BHM #BlackHistory #BlackHistoryMatters #blackhistorymonth #BlackHistory
The young woman sitting at the computer in the image above grew up to be the first Black woman ever to run a NASA science & engineering branch (Gloria Hullett-Smith). #BHM #BlackHistory #BlackHistoryMatters #blackhistorymonth #BlackHistory
This is a picture of Morgan Watson in 2009 at the Smithsonian with Astronauts Mae Jemison and Leland Melvin; and Julius Montgomery, the first black man hired at Cape Canaveral (also me at the podium). #BHM #BlackHistory #BlackHistoryMatters #blackhistorymonth #BlackHistory

We have lost a great woman, whose span of years encompassed a profound segment of American history.

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https://www.kqed.org/news/12068214/betty-reid-soskin-oldest-u-s-park-ranger-and-trailblazing-historian-dies-at-104

Betty Reid Soskin, Oldest U.S. Park Ranger and Trailblazing Historian, Dies at 104

Betty Reid Soskin, the nation’s oldest National Park Service ranger and a pioneering historian at Rosie the Riveter WWII Home Front National Historical Park, devoted her life to preserving Black history, women’s stories and overlooked voices in the Bay Area and beyond.

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