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Ed Dwight was to be the first Black astronaut At 90, he s finally getting his due

By Jake Coyle | The Associated Press Former NASA astronaut Ed Dwight poses for a portrait to promote the National Geographic documentary film “The Space

Ed Dwight was to be the first Black astronaut At 90, he s finally getting his due

NEW YORK — Ed Dwight grew up in segregated 1930s Kansas on a farm on the edge of town. An airfield was within walking distance, and, as a boy, he’d

The Skanner News - Ed Dwight Was to Be the First Black Astronaut At 90, He s Finally Getting His Due

It wasn’t until 1983 that the first African American, Guion Bluford, reached space. But two decades earlier, Ed Dwight found himself at a fulcrum of 20th Century American history, where the space race and the struggle for social justice converged. An accomplished Air Force pilot, Dwight was groomed by John F. Kennedy s White House to be the first Black astronaut. But in training, he faced discrimination that detoured his path. In recent years, Dwight s story has received renewed attention. Now 90, he s widely celebrated as a pioneer to all of the Black astronauts that followed him.

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