And steven moss talk about 10 africanamericans who broke the color barrier at nasa and use of the Space Program by president s kennedy and johnson to advance social change. Thank you, im richard paul. Steven will be up when it is time for his presentation. Were here to talk about our book, we could not fail. Look as that today seas role in the years before the Civil Rights Act passed. That is important distinction. Before the Civil Rights Act passed discrimination was not against the law. It was legal. No, you cant use this toilet, youre black. Or no, you cant come into this restaurant youre black. Which is important distinction that will become even more so as we talk about the achievements of some of the people in this book. Well be talking about the rules put in place bit Kennedy Administration to try to address Workplace Discrimination and how they were implemented by nasa and by its contractors but more importantly well be talking about the people whose lives were touched by those
And steven moss talk about 10 africanamericans who broke the color barrier at nasa and use of the Space Program by president s kennedy and johnson to advance social change. Thank you, im richard paul. Steven will be up when it is time for his presentation. Were here to talk about our book, we could not fail. Look as that today seas role in the years before the Civil Rights Act passed. That is important distinction. Before the Civil Rights Act passed discrimination was not against the law. It was legal. No, you cant use this toilet, youre black. Or no, you cant come into this restaurant youre black. Which is important distinction that will become even more so as we talk about the achievements of some of the people in this book. Well be talking about the rules put in place bit Kennedy Administration to try to address Workplace Discrimination and how they were implemented by nasa and by its contractors but more importantly well be talking about the people whose lives were touched by those
In the green room, julius went up to Leland Melvin, Leland Melvin, originally played foot pal for the detroit lions. The guy is enormous. Julius is not a big guy. And he is there, talking to him and theyre talking about this and talking about florida and stuff. Julius says to him, he says, you know, and julius had told this story about first day of the job, no one would shake my hand, ku klux klan, all this, and he says to Leland Melvin, you astronauts, youre the bravest people i ever met. And Leland Melvin looks down at him, he says, no, sir. I heard your story out there. You are the bravest person i have ever met. Just, it was such a beautiful moment, just such a beautiful moment. And as i said in the book, and leland laughed and julius laughed and then they shook hands. So, that was, it was really, really nice moment. Do we have any other questions . Anyone else . Everybody. Well be signing books over here i think. Thank you you all very much. Thank you so much for having me. Thank
commission to the iss and leo melvin served as nasa education and the only person drafted into the nfl to have flown into space. good morning to all of you rock stars. morgan, you were there on site. they are astronauts we ll hear from them in about an hour and what a morning it s been for them. understanding, hallie, 20 miles away from the launch site the middle of the west texas desert and it was so incredibly fitting to see this take place here on the frontier as bezos traded it for another, crossing that line officially entering outer space and three to four minutes of weightlessness in this flight, that is right now it seems that everything went absolutely according to plan. to hear the liftoff in my ear and look over my shoulder a few minutes later and see that