we re here to talk about our book, we could not fail: the first african-americans in the space program. it looks at nasa s role in civil rights in the years before the civil rights act passed, and that s an important distinction. because before the civil rights act passed, discrimination was not against the law. it was legal to say, no, you can t use this toilet, you re black. or, no, you can t come into this restaurant, you re black, which is an important distinction that will become even more so as we talk about the achievements of some of the people in this book. we ll be talking about the rules put in place by the kennedy administration to try and address workplace discrimination and how they were implemented by nasa and by its contractors. but more importantly, we ll be talking about the people whose lives were touched by those rules. our book tells the stories of ten men, most of whom came to work in the space program during the years that we call the civil rights era
and steven moss talk about 10 african-americans 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, i m richard paul. steven will be up when it is time for his presentation. we re 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 can t use this toilet, you re black. or no, you can t come into this restaurant you re 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. we ll 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 we ll be talking about the people whose