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Comments for Race and the Space Race
This piece belongs to the series "Out Of this World"
Produced by Richard Paul and Moira Rankin
Other pieces by Richard Paul and Soundprint
Rating Summary
2 comments
ron wright
Posted on February 18, 2010 at 09:31 PM | Permalink
Greatest Candid Piece I Have Ever Heard
How thorough. While I was born in 70 and in Houston, I had very little indepth knowledge of Texas' role in the civil rights era. Many ridiculed Texas, especially the late notice of freedom (juneteeth). This sparked my interest to such a height that I am going back and read LBJ's numerous biographies and Florida and Alabama's turmoil ignited all the more interest. I will be at the bookstore and library tomorrow.
Ron
Edwin Fielder
Posted on February 14, 2010 at 02:51 AM | Permalink
ANOTHER REASON FOR BLACK HISTORY MONTH
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.