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
In the green room, julius went up to Leland Melvin, Leland Melvin, originally played foot pal for the detroit lions. The guy is enormous. Julius is not a big guy. And he is there, talking to him and theyre talking about this and talking about florida and stuff. Julius says to him, he says, you know, and julius had told this story about first day of the job, no one would shake my hand, ku klux klan, all this, and he says to Leland Melvin, you astronauts, youre the bravest people i ever met. And Leland Melvin looks down at him, he says, no, sir. I heard your story out there. You are the bravest person i have ever met. Just, it was such a beautiful moment, just such a beautiful moment. And as i said in the book, and leland laughed and julius laughed and then they shook hands. So, that was, it was really, really nice moment. Do we have any other questions . Anyone else . Everybody. Well be signing books over here i think. Thank you you all very much. Thank you so much for having me. Thank
Stories for page a1. He previously reported for newspapers new york city and durham, North Carolina. Hes a veteran of more than 20 years as a newspaper reporter and has covered stories ranging from politics to civil rights to Higher Education. A 1990 graduate of North Carolina university with a degree in english i have one of those to look at us both employed is my eagle pen writing well very nice yes huh. Ernie also a Harvard University nieman fellow. He is currently on the nieman board of trustees and. Hes the former Vice President of the National Association of black journalists. So please join me in welcoming suggs everybody. Thank you. Were probably going to spend most of our time talking about the subject. The book global citizen, andrew young. And this is a beautiful book for those of you who hadnt had a chance to to see it. But i want to start our conversation by talking a little bit about you, ernie, and sort of getting to how you got to be the chronicler of of the ambassador.
By way of quick introduction or not so quick introduction because, its quite the impressive bio journalists and author ernie suggs has been a reporter for the Atlanta Journal constitution since 1997, currently covering a variety of breaking news and investigative stories for page a1. He previously reported for newspapers new york city and durham, North Carolina. Hes a veteran of more than 20 years as a newspaper reporter and has covered stories ranging from politics to civil rights to Higher Education. A 1990 graduate of North Carolina university with a degree in english i have one of those to look at us both employed is my eagle pen writing well very nice yes huh. Ernie also a Harvard University nieman fellow. He is currently on the nieman board of trustees and. Hes the former Vice President of the National Association of black journalists. So please join me in welcoming suggs everybody. Thank you. Were probably going to spend most of our time talking about the subject. The book globa