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Black in Space: Breaking the Color Barrier

Therefor heunderstood everything, He was good with technology With a deep respectfor...

Therefor he
understood everything, He was good with technology With a deep respect
for everything

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Therefor he understood everything,
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He was good with technology
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With a deep respect for everything.
Duration
7 seconds
Views
16
Timestamp in Movie
00:32:30
Uploaded
Jun 12, 2025
Genres
documentary
Production
Brook Lapping Productions

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Movie Summary

Several African American pioneers of the Space Race.
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.
My mother died, so, we put our house up on the market, - Black in Space: Breaking the Color Barrier 00:14
My mother died, so, we put our house up on the market,
Narrator: Two men, - Black in Space: Breaking the Color Barrier 00:07
Narrator: Two men,
Both unaware of each other or their roles - Black in Space: Breaking the Color Barrier 00:07
Both unaware of each other or their roles
But only one would become the first black man in space. - Black in Space: Breaking the Color Barrier 00:05
But only one would become the first black man in space.
(dramatic theme music) - Black in Space: Breaking the Color Barrier 00:04
(dramatic theme music)
Narrator: On September 18th, 1980, - Black in Space: Breaking the Color Barrier 00:07
Narrator: On September 18th, 1980,
(mission control speaking in foreign language) - Black in Space: Breaking the Color Barrier 00:11
(mission control speaking in foreign language)
Translator: I have always been where I need to be - Black in Space: Breaking the Color Barrier 00:05
Translator: I have always been where I need to be
The objective here wasn't to be the first black person - Black in Space: Breaking the Color Barrier 00:06
The objective here wasn't to be the first black person
(mendez speaking in foreign language) - Black in Space: Breaking the Color Barrier 00:10
(mendez speaking in foreign language)
And you could see cuba very clearly, the same way you see it - Black in Space: Breaking the Color Barrier 00:08
And you could see cuba very clearly, the same way you see it
And I was imagining all the kids waking up to go to school, - Black in Space: Breaking the Color Barrier 00:10
And I was imagining all the kids waking up to go to school,
Romanenko and I gave each other a strong hug, - Black in Space: Breaking the Color Barrier 00:08
Romanenko and I gave each other a strong hug,
Narrator: Mendez is lionized, both in the soviet union - Black in Space: Breaking the Color Barrier 00:09
Narrator: Mendez is lionized, both in the soviet union