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This whole idea that somebody had to sit down with me
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Black in Space: Breaking the Color Barrier

This whole idea that somebodyhad to sit down with me To get me through isabsolutely absurd

This whole idea that somebody
had to sit down with me To get me through is
absolutely absurd

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This whole idea that somebody had to sit down with me
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To get me through is absolutely absurd.
Duration
6 seconds
Views
24
Timestamp in Movie
00:08:35
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 dwight graduates in October 63, eight out of 16 - Black in Space: Breaking the Color Barrier 00:06
But dwight graduates in October 63, eight out of 16
He's recommended to nasa, along with 26 other candidates - Black in Space: Breaking the Color Barrier 00:05
He's recommended to nasa, along with 26 other candidate...
Now it's up to the space agency to make its selection. - Black in Space: Breaking the Color Barrier 00:04
Now it's up to the space agency to make its selection.
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,