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Black in Space: Breaking the Color Barrier

There was a monitorback over my left shoulder By the flight director,and I looked at it...

(dramatic theme music) Gregory: There was a monitor
back over my left shoulder By the flight director,
and I looked at it And suddenly I saw this plume

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(dramatic theme music)
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Gregory: There was a monitor back over my left shoulder
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By the flight director, and I looked at it
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And suddenly I saw this plume.
Duration
12 seconds
Views
26
Timestamp in Movie
00:47:02
Uploaded
Jun 12, 2025
Genres
documentary
Production
Brook Lapping Productions

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Movie Summary

Several African American pioneers of the Space Race.
Gregory: I saw it occur, everybody else is facedown - Black in Space: Breaking the Color Barrier 00:06
Gregory: I saw it occur, everybody else is facedown
And all of the data on the screens, - Black in Space: Breaking the Color Barrier 00:06
And all of the data on the screens,
And the rest of the mission control - Black in Space: Breaking the Color Barrier 00:06
And the rest of the mission control
(somber music) - Black in Space: Breaking the Color Barrier 00:14
(somber music)
Graves: Literally, I was sitting in my office, - Black in Space: Breaking the Color Barrier 00:09
Graves: Literally, I was sitting in my office,
And that was the first time in my life, - Black in Space: Breaking the Color Barrier 00:06
And that was the first time in my life,
Cheryl mcnair: I, for some reason thought that it was all - Black in Space: Breaking the Color Barrier 00:13
Cheryl mcnair: I, for some reason thought that it was all
They canceled all the missions to investigate. - Black in Space: Breaking the Color Barrier 00:04
They canceled all the missions to investigate.
Astronauts had to stop and say to themselves, - Black in Space: Breaking the Color Barrier 00:07
Astronauts had to stop and say to themselves,
I owed it to ron and the people that got killed - Black in Space: Breaking the Color Barrier 00:07
I owed it to ron and the people that got killed
Two women, a jew, a black, an asian, white males, - Black in Space: Breaking the Color Barrier 00:06
Two women, a jew, a black, an asian, white males,
Narrator: Challenger is a reminder of the risks - Black in Space: Breaking the Color Barrier 00:10
Narrator: Challenger is a reminder of the risks
Mcnair: Our family had gone from slavery to space - Black in Space: Breaking the Color Barrier 00:06
Mcnair: Our family had gone from slavery to space
Narrator: As of 2020, 11 african american men - Black in Space: Breaking the Color Barrier 00:11
Narrator: As of 2020, 11 african american men
Gregory: Sometimes it's slow coming, - Black in Space: Breaking the Color Barrier 00:10
Gregory: Sometimes it's slow coming,
Bluford: I wanted people to say, when I grow up and become - Black in Space: Breaking the Color Barrier 00:06
Bluford: I wanted people to say, when I grow up and become