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Black in Space: Breaking the Color Barrier

In July 1969, America is on thebrink of a huge Win in the space race,putting a man on the...

�� no more mean white folks ♪ ♪ no more mean white folks ♪ Narrator: In July 1969, America is on the
brink of a huge Win in the space race,
putting a man on the moon

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♪ no more mean white folks ♪
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♪ no more mean white folks ♪
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Narrator: In July 1969,
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America is on the brink of a huge
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Win in the space race, putting a man on the moon.
Duration
14 seconds
Views
18
Timestamp in Movie
00:22:39
Uploaded
Jun 12, 2025
Genres
documentary
Production
Brook Lapping Productions

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Movie Summary

Several African American pioneers of the Space Race.
But just a day before the launch, - Black in Space: Breaking the Color Barrier 00:06
But just a day before the launch,
(sirens wailing) - Black in Space: Breaking the Color Barrier 00:18
(sirens wailing)
Young: We were for the advances of science - Black in Space: Breaking the Color Barrier 00:16
Young: We were for the advances of science
Don't get to the moon and forget the poverty - Black in Space: Breaking the Color Barrier 00:09
Don't get to the moon and forget the poverty
Abernathy: Are you the nation that will - Black in Space: Breaking the Color Barrier 00:14
Abernathy: Are you the nation that will
(audience cheering and applauding) - Black in Space: Breaking the Color Barrier 00:14
(audience cheering and applauding)
♪ a rat done bit my sister nell. ♪ - Black in Space: Breaking the Color Barrier 00:23
♪ a rat done bit my sister nell. ♪
America put a man on the moon but at the same time, - Black in Space: Breaking the Color Barrier 00:09
America put a man on the moon but at the same time,
This was another major moment where the soviet union - Black in Space: Breaking the Color Barrier 00:10
This was another major moment where the soviet union
Narrator: As the space race moves into the 70s, - Black in Space: Breaking the Color Barrier 00:05
Narrator: As the space race moves into the 70s,
They invite candidates from their allied nations - Black in Space: Breaking the Color Barrier 00:08
They invite candidates from their allied nations
It's part of what they call the interkosmos program. - Black in Space: Breaking the Color Barrier 00:05
It's part of what they call the interkosmos program.
Lewis: It's an opportunity to do one step ahead - Black in Space: Breaking the Color Barrier 00:09
Lewis: It's an opportunity to do one step ahead
They began this program first with the very closely aligned - Black in Space: Breaking the Color Barrier 00:08
They began this program first with the very closely aligned
Narrator: In 1978, one of the interkosmos candidates - Black in Space: Breaking the Color Barrier 00:09
Narrator: In 1978, one of the interkosmos candidates
Not only is he latin american and from a third world - Black in Space: Breaking the Color Barrier 00:07
Not only is he latin american and from a third world
(presenter speaking in foreign language) - Black in Space: Breaking the Color Barrier 00:08
(presenter speaking in foreign language)
(mendez speaking in foreign language) - Black in Space: Breaking the Color Barrier 00:06
(mendez speaking in foreign language)
(speaking in foreign language) - Black in Space: Breaking the Color Barrier 00:09
(speaking in foreign language)
And your health, mentally and physically had to be - Black in Space: Breaking the Color Barrier 00:04
And your health, mentally and physically had to be