Came across all these different gems of information that could have been the highlight of my career now. Coauthor richard paul and stephen moss took about ten africanamericans that broke the color barrier at nasa and the use of the Space Program by kennedy and johnson to advance the social change. When its up for the presentation we are here to talk about the book we couldnt fail the space Station Program it looks at the role in the civil rights in the years before the rights act happened. Discrimination was not against the law. It was easy. When we talk about the achievements of the people in the book and when we talk about the rules put in place by the Kennedy Administration to try to address the Workplace Discrimination at how they were implemented. So we will be talking about the people whose lives were touched. Our book tells the stories of ten men who came to work in the Space Program during the years that we call the Civil Rights Era and some of them were nasa employees. At the
The law. It was legal you cant use this because youre black. Its an important distinction that will become more so as we talk about achievements of the people in this book. When we talk about the rules put in placed by the Kennedy Administration and how they were influenced by nasa and contractors. Our book tells the story that ten men, most people that came to work in the Space Program in the year that we call the civil rights era, some of them went after employees and some contractors. Kennedy was forced to deal with civil rights. These are not things that he talked about the campaign. He didnt bring either of these issues but there was a sequence of events that all happened during the course about six weeks in 1961. Im talking about them. April 12th, first human being in space and the solve soviet union, first than the united states. Soviet union now has essentially 90 miles off of florida. When it becomes clear, president kennedy calls Vice President johnson who is the chairman of
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