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- Edwin Fielder
- Username: edfielder
- Location: Yokosuka, Japan
- Joined PRX: Feb 14, 2010
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- "Race and the Space Race"
- Summary: The unlikely story of Civil Rights and the Space Program.
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ANOTHER REASON FOR BLACK HISTORY MONTH
Edwin Fielder
Posted on February 14, 2010 at 02:51 AM
This presentation was in fact "Out of this World!" I grew up in the south in the late 50's and 60's so I can relate to much of the personal experiences accounted for in this presentation. However, in more than 50 years, I never had this historical perspective of NASA and the contribution it made to changing the mores of the Old South. This was a tremendous learning opportunity. Just goes to show that there is a legitimate reason for Black History Month....all year long.