AAHIAH - episode #32: “NO PREJUDICE IN SPACE“

final frontier. In 1961, less than three percent of NASA’s 19,000 employees were Black. By 1965, the year of the Selma-to-Montgomery march, the Huntsville rocket center made, what was considered then, a bold move to employ more Black engineers. The title of this episode, “No Prejudice in Space,“ is taken from a line in a speech made by President John F. Kennedy. This is a brief history of just some of the many African American technicians, mathematicians, engineers, and astronaut candidates who broke barriers in the early days of the United States space program. These men and women paved the way for boldly no one has gone before. ____________________ The African American History Is AMERICAN History Video Series Channel on YouTube, appeals to people of every race & age, from middle school to middle age. AAHIAH has received endorsements from: The Harlem Historical Society, Howard University, Newton North High School, Anson County Early College High School, Don Buchwald & Associates, SoBro (South Bronx Overall Economic Development Corporation)…and Henry Louis Gates Jr. If you haven’t done so yet, please take a moment to like & subscribe. It’s FREE…and you’ll be notified as new episodes are posted.