We could not fail
Subtitle: the first African Americans in the space program
By: Richard Paul & Steven Moss
Contributors: Moss, Steven, 1962- author
Edition: First edition.
Publisher: University of Texas Press
Published: 2015
Language: eng
Number of pages: 300
ISBN-13: 9780292772496
Subjects: African American professional employees; African American astronauts; Officials and employees; United States; United States. National Aeronautics and Space Administration; Race discrimination; Discrimination in employment; Rules and practice; African American engineers; Biography; History
Other titles: First African Americans in the space program
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages [247]-281) and index.
Table of contents: title: A man of firsts: Julius Montgomery; title: "There was a lot of history there": Theodis Ray; title: Stronger than steel: Frank Crossley; title: Dixie's role in the Space Age; title: First of race in space: Ed Dwight; title: The view from space: George Carruthers; title: "Huntsville, it has always been unique": Delano Hyder and Richard Hall; title: The country spartacus: Clyde Foster; title: Water walkers: Morgan Watson and George Bourda; title: Relevant census numbers on employed professional and skilled labor for NASA host states.