text NASA and the long civil rights movement
- Summary
- As NASA prepared for the launch of Apollo 11 in July 1969, many African American leaders protested the billions of dollars used to fund "space joyrides" rather than help tackle poverty, inequality, and discrimination at home. This volume examines ... Read more
- Contents
- Foreword: "How we tell about the civil rights movement and why it matters" / Jacquelyn Dowd Hall -- Introduction: Exploring NASA in the "long" civil rights movement / Brian C. Odom and Stephen P. Waring -- New frameworks -- Space history matures -... Read more
- Format
- text
- Description
- xiv, 252 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
- Publisher
- University Press of Florida 2019
| Library | Location | Status |
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| East Bay Branch Library | 629.4 NAS in Adult Non-fiction | Available |
| Library | Location | Status |
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| TADL-EBB | 629.4 NAS in Adult Non-fiction | Available |
United States. National Aeronautics and Space Administration Appropriations and expenditures
Civil rights movements United States
African American astronauts
Black lives matter movement
Poverty United States
Mouvements des droits de l'homme États-Unis
Astronautes noirs américains
Mouvement Black Lives Matter
Pauvreté États-Unis
United States. National Aeronautics and Space Administration.
African American astronauts
Black lives matter movement
Civil rights movements
Expenditures, Public
Poverty
United States