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Black in Space: Breaking the Color Barrier

We need a minorityastronaut candidate, And I'm giving you a deadline

We need a minority
astronaut candidate, And I'm giving you a deadline

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We need a minority astronaut candidate,
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And I'm giving you a deadline.
Duration
6 seconds
Views
23
Timestamp in Movie
00:04:16
Uploaded
Jun 12, 2025
Genres
documentary
Production
Brook Lapping Productions

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Movie Summary

Several African American pioneers of the Space Race.
There's a young black pilot ready to start training. - Black in Space: Breaking the Color Barrier 00:04
There's a young black pilot ready to start training.
Captain edward dwight jr., with a top aeronautics degree - Black in Space: Breaking the Color Barrier 00:07
Captain edward dwight jr., with a top aeronautics degree
Dwight: I did not dream that I was going to become - Black in Space: Breaking the Color Barrier 00:05
Dwight: I did not dream that I was going to become
That never entered my mind because there was a big obstacle - Black in Space: Breaking the Color Barrier 00:05
That never entered my mind because there was a big obstacle
And I knew there was gonna be a racial component - Black in Space: Breaking the Color Barrier 00:09
And I knew there was gonna be a racial component
Narrator: In charge of training pilots to recommend - Black in Space: Breaking the Color Barrier 00:12
Narrator: In charge of training pilots to recommend
Archive announcer: Captain charles e yeager - Black in Space: Breaking the Color Barrier 00:07
Archive announcer: Captain charles e yeager
The first man in the world to accomplish this feat. - Black in Space: Breaking the Color Barrier 00:04
The first man in the world to accomplish this feat.
Dwight: They sent me down to edwards to interview - Black in Space: Breaking the Color Barrier 00:05
Dwight: They sent me down to edwards to interview
Narrator: But yeager is skeptical about integrating - Black in Space: Breaking the Color Barrier 00:06
Narrator: But yeager is skeptical about integrating
The chief of staff general curtis lemay - Black in Space: Breaking the Color Barrier 00:09
The chief of staff general curtis lemay
Do what you have to do, yeager, but get - Black in Space: Breaking the Color Barrier 00:04
Do what you have to do, yeager, but get
Evidently the pressure was so great from the white house, - Black in Space: Breaking the Color Barrier 00:07
Evidently the pressure was so great from the white house,
Dwight: He was totally shocked that the - Black in Space: Breaking the Color Barrier 00:11
Dwight: He was totally shocked that the
Air force announces dwight is to start phase one - Black in Space: Breaking the Color Barrier 00:07
Air force announces dwight is to start phase one
Lewis: The first phase is the academic qualifications, - Black in Space: Breaking the Color Barrier 00:09
Lewis: The first phase is the academic qualifications,
They really take these men to their physical limits to see - Black in Space: Breaking the Color Barrier 00:12
They really take these men to their physical limits to see
Paul: When he gets to phase two, the black press explodes. - Black in Space: Breaking the Color Barrier 00:06
Paul: When he gets to phase two, the black press explodes.
Lewis: Ed dwight just becomes bigger and bigger as this goes - Black in Space: Breaking the Color Barrier 00:07
Lewis: Ed dwight just becomes bigger and bigger as this goes
Every step he takes becomes increasingly important. - Black in Space: Breaking the Color Barrier 00:05
Every step he takes becomes increasingly important.