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Black in Space: Breaking the Color Barrier

They invited us to work at nasa At the marshallspace flight center

They invited us to work at nasa At the marshall
space flight center

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They invited us to work at nasa
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At the marshall space flight center.
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6 seconds
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Timestamp in Movie
00:18:01
Uploaded
Jun 12, 2025
Genres
documentary
Production
Brook Lapping Productions

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Several African American pioneers of the Space Race.
I knew that the mission was to put the man on the moon, - Black in Space: Breaking the Color Barrier 00:08
I knew that the mission was to put the man on the moon,
Narrator: Watson works on the team developing - Black in Space: Breaking the Color Barrier 00:06
Narrator: Watson works on the team developing
Announcer: Loud and hot, my rocket - Black in Space: Breaking the Color Barrier 00:11
Announcer: Loud and hot, my rocket
Watson and his african american colleagues - Black in Space: Breaking the Color Barrier 00:06
Watson and his african american colleagues
Paul: If a white man messed up at work, it was like, - Black in Space: Breaking the Color Barrier 00:09
Paul: If a white man messed up at work, it was like,
Any of these black employees at nasa messed up, - Black in Space: Breaking the Color Barrier 00:11
Any of these black employees at nasa messed up,
Narrator: And outside rocket city, its african american - Black in Space: Breaking the Color Barrier 00:08
Narrator: And outside rocket city, its african american
Watson: When you leave nasa you're in huntsville - Black in Space: Breaking the Color Barrier 00:09
Watson: When you leave nasa you're in huntsville
(sirens wailing) - Black in Space: Breaking the Color Barrier 00:09
(sirens wailing)
For example, we stopped at a little hamburger stand - Black in Space: Breaking the Color Barrier 00:09
For example, we stopped at a little hamburger stand
And our fight was to open the door for black professionals, - Black in Space: Breaking the Color Barrier 00:07
And our fight was to open the door for black professionals,
Narrator: 500 miles away, in south carolina, - Black in Space: Breaking the Color Barrier 00:08
Narrator: 500 miles away, in south carolina,
At nine years old, ronald mcnair already knows he wants - Black in Space: Breaking the Color Barrier 00:09
At nine years old, ronald mcnair already knows he wants
Mcnair: Ron had a precocious appetite for learning. - Black in Space: Breaking the Color Barrier 00:05
Mcnair: Ron had a precocious appetite for learning.
So this one particular day, he's nine years old now, - Black in Space: Breaking the Color Barrier 00:06
So this one particular day, he's nine years old now,
He decided that he was going down to the public library - Black in Space: Breaking the Color Barrier 00:09
He decided that he was going down to the public library
And he walks in, all these faces are staring at him, - Black in Space: Breaking the Color Barrier 00:06
And he walks in, all these faces are staring at him,
He says, young man, you better leave this library, - Black in Space: Breaking the Color Barrier 00:05
He says, young man, you better leave this library,
Ronnie got thrown out the library for being a black kid. - Black in Space: Breaking the Color Barrier 00:05
Ronnie got thrown out the library for being a black kid.
It was highly improbable that my brother, - Black in Space: Breaking the Color Barrier 00:09
It was highly improbable that my brother,