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Black in Space: Breaking the Color Barrier

He's a top combatpilot and at just 19, Flying reconnaissancemissions during The cuban...

He's a top combat
pilot and at just 19, Flying reconnaissance
missions during The cuban missile crisis

Full Transcript

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He's a top combat pilot and at just 19,
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Flying reconnaissance missions during
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The cuban missile crisis.
Duration
7 seconds
Views
22
Timestamp in Movie
00:30:02
Uploaded
Jun 12, 2025
Genres
documentary
Production
Brook Lapping Productions

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Movie Summary

Several African American pioneers of the Space Race.
1300 miles north in philadelphia, - Black in Space: Breaking the Color Barrier 00:07
1300 miles north in philadelphia,
We had a fighter pilot come in to my base, - Black in Space: Breaking the Color Barrier 00:07
We had a fighter pilot come in to my base,
And he was a tuskegee airman, and he was impressive. - Black in Space: Breaking the Color Barrier 00:04
And he was a tuskegee airman, and he was impressive.
I remember walking out of that saying, - Black in Space: Breaking the Color Barrier 00:05
I remember walking out of that saying,
(rhythmic electronic theme) - Black in Space: Breaking the Color Barrier 00:09
(rhythmic electronic theme)
I saw this thing about flying in space, - Black in Space: Breaking the Color Barrier 00:07
I saw this thing about flying in space,
I got this call from this guy and he said I'm from nasa, - Black in Space: Breaking the Color Barrier 00:06
I got this call from this guy and he said I'm from nasa...
Narrator: In 1978, now a married family man in ohio, - Black in Space: Breaking the Color Barrier 00:13
Narrator: In 1978, now a married family man in ohio,
But in secret, at the same time, tamayo mendez - Black in Space: Breaking the Color Barrier 00:06
But in secret, at the same time, tamayo mendez
His name won't be publicized unless he actually - Black in Space: Breaking the Color Barrier 00:06
His name won't be publicized unless he actually
The race is entering its final stage. - Black in Space: Breaking the Color Barrier 00:04
The race is entering its final stage.
(mendez speaking in foreign language) - Black in Space: Breaking the Color Barrier 00:06
(mendez speaking in foreign language)
The fact that we had been chosen to represent cuba - Black in Space: Breaking the Color Barrier 00:08
The fact that we had been chosen to represent cuba
Therefor he understood everything, - Black in Space: Breaking the Color Barrier 00:07
Therefor he understood everything,
Translator: When it's decided that it's you, - Black in Space: Breaking the Color Barrier 00:22
Translator: When it's decided that it's you,
Narrator: Back in ohio, the euphoria around bluford - Black in Space: Breaking the Color Barrier 00:07
Narrator: Back in ohio, the euphoria around bluford
Within days of his selection, his mother calls - Black in Space: Breaking the Color Barrier 00:05
Within days of his selection, his mother calls
Bluford my mother called me out of the blue and said, - Black in Space: Breaking the Color Barrier 00:08
Bluford my mother called me out of the blue and said,
She began to question if she did a good job - Black in Space: Breaking the Color Barrier 00:08
She began to question if she did a good job
And I was a lot more successful than she had even imagined. - Black in Space: Breaking the Color Barrier 00:06
And I was a lot more successful than she had even imagined.