NASA and the Long Civil Rights Movement
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NASA and the Long Civil Rights Movement by Brian C Odom
As NASA prepared for the launch of Apollo 11 in 1969, many African American leaders protested the billions of dollars used to fund 'space joyrides' rather than help tackle poverty, inequality, and discrimination. This volume examines such tensions as well as the ways in which NASA's goal of space exploration aligned with racial equality.
“This book is important because it pushes beyond. . well-known intersections between space exploration and civil rights and for the first time gathers together essays that all analyze this significant historical connection from a wide variety of angles.”—Isis
“Offers fresh, informative new perspectives on NASA’s experience with respect to People of Color and women.”—Technology and Culture
“A welcome addition to the complex story of the country’s Civil Rights Movement, and to the history of NASA.”—Choice
“Shines new light on a variety of civil rights topics within aerospace history.”—Steven Moss, coauthor of We Could Not Fail: The First African Americans in the Space Program
“The essays in this useful volume present a nice blend of social, cultural, and political history that provides new and exciting insights into the intersection of race and space.”—Kari Frederickson, author of Cold War Dixie: Militarization and Modernization in the American South
“Offers fresh, informative new perspectives on NASA’s experience with respect to People of Color and women.”—Technology and Culture
“A welcome addition to the complex story of the country’s Civil Rights Movement, and to the history of NASA.”—Choice
“Shines new light on a variety of civil rights topics within aerospace history.”—Steven Moss, coauthor of We Could Not Fail: The First African Americans in the Space Program
“The essays in this useful volume present a nice blend of social, cultural, and political history that provides new and exciting insights into the intersection of race and space.”—Kari Frederickson, author of Cold War Dixie: Militarization and Modernization in the American South
Brian C. Odom is a historian at NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama.
Stephen P. Waring, chair of the Department of History at the University of Alabama in Huntsville, is coauthor of Power to Explore: A History of Marshall Space Flight Center, 1960–1990.
Stephen P. Waring, chair of the Department of History at the University of Alabama in Huntsville, is coauthor of Power to Explore: A History of Marshall Space Flight Center, 1960–1990.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780813069470 |
| ISBN 10 | 0813069475 |
| Title | NASA and the Long Civil Rights Movement |
| Author | Brian C Odom |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | University Press of Florida |
| Year published | 2022-04-30 |
| Number of pages | 266 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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