It looks at nasas role in civil rights in the years before the Civil Rights Act pass. Before the Civil Rights Act passed discrimination was not against of law. It was legal to say no, you cannot use this toilet, you are black or you cannot come into this restaurant, you are black and that is an important distinction that will become even more important as we talk about the achievements of some of the people in this book. We will be talking about the rules put in place by the tonedy administration address discrimination and how they were implemented by nasa and its contractors. We will be talking about the people whose lives were touched those rules. Our books tell the story of men most of them who came to work at the program during the civil some were nasa employees and some of them worked for contractors. President kennedy was forced into dealing with outerspace at the same time and forced into dealing with civil rights. These are not things he talked about during the campaign. He did
And steven moss talk about 10 africanamericans who broke the color barrier at nasa and use of the Space Program by president s kennedy and johnson to advance social change. Thank you, im richard paul. Steven will be up when it is time for his presentation. Were here to talk about our book, we could not fail. Look as that today seas role in the years before the Civil Rights Act passed. That is important distinction. Before the Civil Rights Act passed discrimination was not against the law. It was legal. No, you cant use this toilet, youre black. Or no, you cant come into this restaurant youre black. Which is important distinction that will become even more so as we talk about the achievements of some of the people in this book. Well be talking about the rules put in place bit Kennedy Administration to try to address Workplace Discrimination and how they were implemented by nasa and by its contractors but more importantly well be talking about the people whose lives were touched by those
And steven moss talk about 10 africanamericans who broke the color barrier at nasa and use of the Space Program by president s kennedy and johnson to advance social change. Thank you, im richard paul. Steven will be up when it is time for his presentation. Were here to talk about our book, we could not fail. Look as that today seas role in the years before the Civil Rights Act passed. That is important distinction. Before the Civil Rights Act passed discrimination was not against the law. It was legal. No, you cant use this toilet, youre black. Or no, you cant come into this restaurant youre black. Which is important distinction that will become even more so as we talk about the achievements of some of the people in this book. Well be talking about the rules put in place bit Kennedy Administration to try to address Workplace Discrimination and how they were implemented by nasa and by its contractors but more importantly well be talking about the people whose lives were touched by those