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Lewis: Everyone had known that there was
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Black in Space: Breaking the Color Barrier

Everyonehad known that there was A black man in contention

Lewis: Everyone
had known that there was A black man in contention

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Lewis: Everyone had known that there was
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A black man in contention.
Duration
5 seconds
Views
21
Timestamp in Movie
00:09:35
Uploaded
Jun 12, 2025
Genres
documentary
Production
Brook Lapping Productions

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Movie Summary

Several African American pioneers of the Space Race.
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
The soviet state news agency, tass, sends reports - Black in Space: Breaking the Color Barrier 00:09
The soviet state news agency, tass, sends reports
Paul: There's no doubt that they used ed dwight - Black in Space: Breaking the Color Barrier 00:09
Paul: There's no doubt that they used ed dwight
Narrator: But soon the soviets will do more - Black in Space: Breaking the Color Barrier 00:07
Narrator: But soon the soviets will do more
(announcer speaking in foreign language) - Black in Space: Breaking the Color Barrier 00:05
(announcer speaking in foreign language)
Narrator: From the dawn of the space age, - Black in Space: Breaking the Color Barrier 00:05
Narrator: From the dawn of the space age,