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Black in Space: Breaking the Color Barrier

(sirens wailing) The poor people's campaigndescends on cape kennedy With mules to...

(sirens wailing) The poor people's campaign
descends on cape kennedy With mules to represent
american inequality And that eight million african
americans live in poverty While three billion dollars
is being spent on space

Full Transcript

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(sirens wailing)
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The poor people's campaign descends on cape kennedy
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With mules to represent american inequality
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And that eight million african americans live in poverty
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While three billion dollars is being spent on space.
Duration
18 seconds
Views
22
Timestamp in Movie
00:23:00
Uploaded
Jun 12, 2025
Genres
documentary
Production
Brook Lapping Productions

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Movie Summary

Several African American pioneers of the Space Race.
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
And I was one of the 41 cuban pilots who met - Black in Space: Breaking the Color Barrier 00:06
And I was one of the 41 cuban pilots who met
Narrator: America is still way behind in recruiting - Black in Space: Breaking the Color Barrier 00:06
Narrator: America is still way behind in recruiting