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>> in your book, tyler, you write about this story and it is really powerful. it was a fall day in nashville. i put on my alabama sweatshirt, i put on my banda, and my sunglasses, i put on my wireless bluetooth beats by dre at phones. as i was walking down the street, on the other side was an older white woman. i knew in that instant. because when you live in the south, youre six foot two and black with dreadlocks, you know how some people perceive you. i was keenly aware that my blackness was g...

To our unity pilot kelly for her first space flight. three minutes of weightlessness and views of our planet that only astronauts have ever experienced. you are so much more connected to everything than you would expect to be. like, you felt like a part of the team, a part of the ship, a part of the universe, a part of earth. it was incredible. we welcome our crew back as they come in for landing. as unity glided back down to the new mexico desert, there was jubilation and relief. im still up th...

The blackness through a cloud of smoke. so, we had to get a couple other boats involved. the deal on our enforcement boat and one of the dinghies from one of the other charter vessels was out there as well. so, they put safety swimmers and an emt, one of which works for trilogy. they jumped on board the zodiac. the zodiac ran into as shallow water as they could go. then the two people jumped off with surfboards, swam in, and started to collect the standards throughout the course of the evening o...

That had tried to escape the fire by running into the ocean. when we got there, approximately 50 in a location we were trying to evacuate them from. it was very difficult, our boats cant go in as shallow as it was. and the people were stuck on the beach, they dont want to swim out into the blackness. through a cloud of smoke. we had to get a couple other boats involved, the deal on our enforcement boat, and one of the -- for many other vessels was out there as well. they put safety swimmers and ...

Dont if you are seeing these pictures, susie, but it is absolutely magnificent as they look out of that rocket ship, back towards earth and see the curvature, the blue. whenever you listen to astronauts, their description of that actual site, it is always incredibly moving for them. yeah, the call incredibly moving for them. yeah, they call this _ incredibly moving for them. yeah, they call this the _ incredibly moving for them. yeah, they call this the overview - incredibly moving for them. yea...

Through what we are likely to see over the next, what, half an hour, an hour or so? over the next, what, half an hour, an hour orso? irate over the next, what, half an hour, an hour or so?— over the next, what, half an hour, an hour or so? we will see the usual ractice an hour or so? we will see the usual practice from — an hour or so? we will see the usual practice from virgin _ an hour or so? we will see the usual practice from virgin galactic, - an hour or so? we will see the usual practi...

Here what we are doing is launching the carrier plane with the rockets underneath and that rocket will then disconnect from the plane and it will fly vertically and will do a bigger loop basically. a bit like on a roller—coaster, you will go up and then you will come back down again. and that is a much shorter duration flight. as you said, they will be back in an hour or so so it is not a long duration flight. you will get a few minutes of feeling as though you are weightless. a few minutes of...

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It reflected this concept of just not looking at black people as people and as a part of broader humanity. >> in the 1960s, as the nation is dealing with the socio and political unrest, to take the -- crea created "the twilight zone." >> in all this darkness, is there anybody that can make out the truth? >> the first time you saw a black person on "the twilight zone" was in a famous episode called "color me black" about a sundown town. the town, it went dark. they were going to hang a man for sh...

("twilight zone" theme music) - in the 1960s as the nation is dealing with the socio and political unrest of the time, writer-director rod serling decides that to take unrest that the nation was dealing with and package it in a sci-fi show, and he created the "twilight zone". - in all this darkness is there anybody who can make out the truth? - you know, the first time you really saw a black person on the "twilight zone" was ivan dixon. and he was in a famous episode called "color me black" abou...