To watch in HD, get ClipCafe PRO
Now it's up to the space agency to make its selection
Please log in to add to collections.
Black in Space: Breaking the Color Barrier

Now it's up to the spaceagency to make its selection

Now it's up to the space
agency to make its selection

Full Transcript

00:00:01.000 --> 00:00:04.165
Now it's up to the space agency to make its selection.
Duration
4 seconds
Views
29
Timestamp in Movie
00:08:59
Uploaded
Jun 12, 2025
Genres
documentary
Production
Brook Lapping Productions

Want This Clip in HD?

Upgrade for HD/4K downloads and unlimited access. Upgrade now →

Movie Summary

Several African American pioneers of the Space Race.
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
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