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Black in Space: Breaking the Color Barrier

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Several African American pioneers of the Space Race.
Director
Laurens Grant
Year
2020
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documentary
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Brook Lapping Productions
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(soft music) - Black in Space: Breaking the Color Barrier 00:06
(soft music)
A battle between america and the soviet union to conquer - Black in Space: Breaking the Color Barrier 00:06
A battle between america and the soviet union to conquer
But beyond the rocketry, the world's two superpowers - Black in Space: Breaking the Color Barrier 00:07
But beyond the rocketry, the world's two superpowers
The race to put the first black astronaut in space. - Black in Space: Breaking the Color Barrier 00:04
The race to put the first black astronaut in space.
To win, the united states would have to confront - Black in Space: Breaking the Color Barrier 00:06
To win, the united states would have to confront
Dwight: He announced to these people, washington is trying - Black in Space: Breaking the Color Barrier 00:07
Dwight: He announced to these people, washington is trying
Lawrence's widow: I got a letter from - Black in Space: Breaking the Color Barrier 00:09
Lawrence's widow: I got a letter from
Narrator: America's racism would become a big win - Black in Space: Breaking the Color Barrier 00:07
Narrator: America's racism would become a big win
Thomas: The soviet union was able to point to the hypocrisy - Black in Space: Breaking the Color Barrier 00:07
Thomas: The soviet union was able to point to the hypocrisy
Narrator: But how did diversity in the skies - Black in Space: Breaking the Color Barrier 00:07
Narrator: But how did diversity in the skies
Graves: There was buzz around nasa that the russians - Black in Space: Breaking the Color Barrier 00:05
Graves: There was buzz around nasa that the russians
Narrator: Who would become the world's - Black in Space: Breaking the Color Barrier 00:04
Narrator: Who would become the world's
Which super power would get there first, - Black in Space: Breaking the Color Barrier 00:07
Which super power would get there first,
Cronkite: The national aeronautics - Black in Space: Breaking the Color Barrier 00:09
Cronkite: The national aeronautics
Among them are three blacks, one oriental and six women. - Black in Space: Breaking the Color Barrier 00:05
Among them are three blacks, one oriental and six women.
Narrator: The three african americans are, - Black in Space: Breaking the Color Barrier 00:10
Narrator: The three african americans are,
They are all vying to become america's first - Black in Space: Breaking the Color Barrier 00:05
They are all vying to become america's first
It appears the united states has taken - Black in Space: Breaking the Color Barrier 00:05
It appears the united states has taken
Bluford: There was all this excitement because - Black in Space: Breaking the Color Barrier 00:07
Bluford: There was all this excitement because
Gregory: The excitement that was generated by this most diverse - Black in Space: Breaking the Color Barrier 00:08
Gregory: The excitement that was generated by this most dive...
Mcnair: I could see the gleam in his eyes - Black in Space: Breaking the Color Barrier 00:08
Mcnair: I could see the gleam in his eyes
Paul: The space program was a principle means of propaganda - Black in Space: Breaking the Color Barrier 00:09
Paul: The space program was a principle means of propaganda
There's a reason why the rockets were painted white - Black in Space: Breaking the Color Barrier 00:11
There's a reason why the rockets were painted white
This was a message to people saying, - Black in Space: Breaking the Color Barrier 00:15
This was a message to people saying,
Narrator: It has taken america 17 tortuous years - Black in Space: Breaking the Color Barrier 00:05
Narrator: It has taken america 17 tortuous years
From the dawn of its space program, those with - Black in Space: Breaking the Color Barrier 00:11
From the dawn of its space program, those with
Paul: From the very first time an american goes - Black in Space: Breaking the Color Barrier 00:11
Paul: From the very first time an american goes
Narrator: Jfk has campaigned on a platform - Black in Space: Breaking the Color Barrier 00:06
Narrator: Jfk has campaigned on a platform
Seeing the huge upside of recruiting a black astronaut, - Black in Space: Breaking the Color Barrier 00:07
Seeing the huge upside of recruiting a black astronaut,
Paul: There were some memos that went back and forth between - Black in Space: Breaking the Color Barrier 00:11
Paul: There were some memos that went back and forth between
Dutton sends a memo to yarmolinsky saying - Black in Space: Breaking the Color Barrier 00:11
Dutton sends a memo to yarmolinsky saying
Yarmolinsky writes back and says in effect, - Black in Space: Breaking the Color Barrier 00:07
Yarmolinsky writes back and says in effect,
Dutton writes back and says yeah, that's not good enough. - Black in Space: Breaking the Color Barrier 00:04
Dutton writes back and says yeah, that's not good enoug...
We need a minority astronaut candidate, - Black in Space: Breaking the Color Barrier 00:06
We need a minority astronaut candidate,
There's a young black pilot ready to start training. - Black in Space: Breaking the Color Barrier 00:04
There's a young black pilot ready to start training.
Captain edward dwight jr., with a top aeronautics degree - Black in Space: Breaking the Color Barrier 00:07
Captain edward dwight jr., with a top aeronautics degree
Dwight: I did not dream that I was going to become - Black in Space: Breaking the Color Barrier 00:05
Dwight: I did not dream that I was going to become
That never entered my mind because there was a big obstacle - Black in Space: Breaking the Color Barrier 00:05
That never entered my mind because there was a big obstacle
And I knew there was gonna be a racial component - Black in Space: Breaking the Color Barrier 00:09
And I knew there was gonna be a racial component
Narrator: In charge of training pilots to recommend - Black in Space: Breaking the Color Barrier 00:12
Narrator: In charge of training pilots to recommend
Archive announcer: Captain charles e yeager - Black in Space: Breaking the Color Barrier 00:07
Archive announcer: Captain charles e yeager
The first man in the world to accomplish this feat. - Black in Space: Breaking the Color Barrier 00:04
The first man in the world to accomplish this feat.
Dwight: They sent me down to edwards to interview - Black in Space: Breaking the Color Barrier 00:05
Dwight: They sent me down to edwards to interview
Narrator: But yeager is skeptical about integrating - Black in Space: Breaking the Color Barrier 00:06
Narrator: But yeager is skeptical about integrating
The chief of staff general curtis lemay - Black in Space: Breaking the Color Barrier 00:09
The chief of staff general curtis lemay
Do what you have to do, yeager, but get - Black in Space: Breaking the Color Barrier 00:04
Do what you have to do, yeager, but get
Evidently the pressure was so great from the white house, - Black in Space: Breaking the Color Barrier 00:07
Evidently the pressure was so great from the white house,
Dwight: He was totally shocked that the - Black in Space: Breaking the Color Barrier 00:11
Dwight: He was totally shocked that the
Air force announces dwight is to start phase one - Black in Space: Breaking the Color Barrier 00:07
Air force announces dwight is to start phase one
Lewis: The first phase is the academic qualifications, - Black in Space: Breaking the Color Barrier 00:09
Lewis: The first phase is the academic qualifications,
They really take these men to their physical limits to see - Black in Space: Breaking the Color Barrier 00:12
They really take these men to their physical limits to see
Paul: When he gets to phase two, the black press explodes. - Black in Space: Breaking the Color Barrier 00:06
Paul: When he gets to phase two, the black press explodes.
Lewis: Ed dwight just becomes bigger and bigger as this goes - Black in Space: Breaking the Color Barrier 00:07
Lewis: Ed dwight just becomes bigger and bigger as this goes
Every step he takes becomes increasingly important. - Black in Space: Breaking the Color Barrier 00:05
Every step he takes becomes increasingly important.
Dwight: It fed all my emotional needs - Black in Space: Breaking the Color Barrier 00:07
Dwight: It fed all my emotional needs
This is definitely a sign of progress for the negro - Black in Space: Breaking the Color Barrier 00:06
This is definitely a sign of progress for the negro
Graves: People wanted to see him and listen to him and know that - Black in Space: Breaking the Color Barrier 00:10
Graves: People wanted to see him and listen to him and know ...
Learning how to do maneuvers and these men - Black in Space: Breaking the Color Barrier 00:07
Learning how to do maneuvers and these men
Yeager: We're turning out - Black in Space: Breaking the Color Barrier 00:09
Yeager: We're turning out
Arch: A 29-year-old negro says he's anxious to go into space. - Black in Space: Breaking the Color Barrier 00:05
Arch: A 29-year-old negro says he's anxious to go into ...
He's captain edward dwight of the air force, - Black in Space: Breaking the Color Barrier 00:07
He's captain edward dwight of the air force,
Narrator: But behind the scenes, tensions are brewing - Black in Space: Breaking the Color Barrier 00:08
Narrator: But behind the scenes, tensions are brewing
Dwight: I was competing with him for publicity. - Black in Space: Breaking the Color Barrier 00:05
Dwight: I was competing with him for publicity.
In his brain I didn't deserve one drop of ink. - Black in Space: Breaking the Color Barrier 00:05
In his brain I didn't deserve one drop of ink.
Lewis: Chuck yeager could've thought, why is this man getting - Black in Space: Breaking the Color Barrier 00:06
Lewis: Chuck yeager could've thought, why is this man g...
Narrator: Yeager also claims dwight - Black in Space: Breaking the Color Barrier 00:11
Narrator: Yeager also claims dwight
He worked hard, and so did his tutors, - Black in Space: Breaking the Color Barrier 00:05
He worked hard, and so did his tutors,
This whole idea that somebody had to sit down with me - Black in Space: Breaking the Color Barrier 00:06
This whole idea that somebody had to sit down with me
But dwight graduates in October 63, eight out of 16 - Black in Space: Breaking the Color Barrier 00:06
But dwight graduates in October 63, eight out of 16
He's recommended to nasa, along with 26 other candidates - Black in Space: Breaking the Color Barrier 00:05
He's recommended to nasa, along with 26 other candidate...
Now it's up to the space agency to make its selection. - Black in Space: Breaking the Color Barrier 00:04
Now it's up to the space agency to make its selection.
Archive announcer: We'd like to introduce the new group - Black in Space: Breaking the Color Barrier 00:05
Archive announcer: We'd like to introduce the new group
Aldrin: I'm major edwin e aldrin jr. United states air force. - Black in Space: Breaking the Color Barrier 00:06
Aldrin: I'm major edwin e aldrin jr. United states air ...
Reporter: Was there a negro boy in the last 30 - Black in Space: Breaking the Color Barrier 00:07
Reporter: Was there a negro boy in the last 30
Lewis: Everyone had known that there was - Black in Space: Breaking the Color Barrier 00:05
Lewis: Everyone had known that there was
Paul: They missed an enormous public relations opportunity. - Black in Space: Breaking the Color Barrier 00:05
Paul: They missed an enormous public relations opportunity.
Nasa had the opportunity to choose a black astronaut - Black in Space: Breaking the Color Barrier 00:07
Nasa had the opportunity to choose a black astronaut
Narrator: Dwight claims yeager was biased against him. - Black in Space: Breaking the Color Barrier 00:04
Narrator: Dwight claims yeager was biased against him.
Dwight: He called all the instructors in, - Black in Space: Breaking the Color Barrier 00:14
Dwight: He called all the instructors in,
And if he graduates, kennedy wants to turn - Black in Space: Breaking the Color Barrier 00:08
And if he graduates, kennedy wants to turn
Narrator: Yeager has always denied he was prejudiced - Black in Space: Breaking the Color Barrier 00:07
Narrator: Yeager has always denied he was prejudiced
Actor: I was hauled on the carpet to answer - Black in Space: Breaking the Color Barrier 00:07
Actor: I was hauled on the carpet to answer
Many southern whites who are honest will admit having - Black in Space: Breaking the Color Barrier 00:12
Many southern whites who are honest will admit having
Lewis: We don't know if chuck yeager derailed - Black in Space: Breaking the Color Barrier 00:08
Lewis: We don't know if chuck yeager derailed
Reporter: Are you now in fact completely out of the astronaut - Black in Space: Breaking the Color Barrier 00:06
Reporter: Are you now in fact completely out of the astronau...
And I think it was a lost opportunity - Black in Space: Breaking the Color Barrier 00:12
And I think it was a lost opportunity
And that's what he was gonna really become, - Black in Space: Breaking the Color Barrier 00:06
And that's what he was gonna really become,
Reporter: With what's happened to you, - Black in Space: Breaking the Color Barrier 00:05
Reporter: With what's happened to you,
Had I succeeded, they wouldn't have no more excuses - Black in Space: Breaking the Color Barrier 00:08
Had I succeeded, they wouldn't have no more excuses
Narrator: Dwight's rejection gives the soviet union - Black in Space: Breaking the Color Barrier 00:06
Narrator: Dwight's rejection gives the soviet union
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Several African American pioneers of the Space Race.

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Director: Laurens Grant
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Production: Brook Lapping Productions
Genre: documentary
Year: 2020
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Released: 24 Feb 2020
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