{"product_id":"nasa-and-the-long-civil-rights-movement-paperback","title":"NASA and the Long Civil Rights Movement - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eBrian C. Odom\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eStephen P. Waring\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAmerican Astronautical\u003cbr\u003eSociety Eugene M. Emme Astronautical Literature Award\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs\u003cbr\u003eNASA prepared for the launch of Apollo 11 in July 1969, many African American\u003cbr\u003eleaders protested the billions of dollars used to fund \"space joyrides\" rather\u003cbr\u003ethan help tackle poverty, inequality, and discrimination at home. This volume\u003cbr\u003eexamines such tensions as well as the ways in which NASA's goal of space\u003cbr\u003eexploration aligned with the cause of racial equality. It provides new insights\u003cbr\u003einto the complex relationship between the space program and the civil rights\u003cbr\u003emovement in the Jim Crow South and abroad.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEssays\u003cbr\u003eexplore how thousands of jobs created during the space race offered new\u003cbr\u003eopportunities for minorities in places like Huntsville, Alabama, while at the\u003cbr\u003esame time segregation at NASA's satellite tracking station in South Africa led\u003cbr\u003eto that facility's closure. Other topics include black skepticism toward NASA's\u003cbr\u003eframing of space exploration as \"for the benefit of all mankind,\" NASA's track\u003cbr\u003erecord in hiring women and minorities, and the efforts of black activists to\u003cbr\u003eincrease minority access to education that would lead to greater participation\u003cbr\u003ein the space program. The volume also addresses how to best find and preserve\u003cbr\u003earchival evidence of African American contributions that are missing from\u003cbr\u003enarratives of space exploration.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eNASA and the Long Civil Rights Movement\u003c\/em\u003e offers\u003cbr\u003eimportant lessons from history as today's activists grapple with the distance\u003cbr\u003ebetween social movements like Black Lives Matter and scientific ambitions such\u003cbr\u003eas NASA's mission to Mars. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eContributors: \u003c\/b\u003e P.J. Blount Jonathan Coopersmith Matthew\u003cbr\u003eL. Downs Eric Fenrich Cathleen Lewis Cyrus Mody David S. Molina Brian\u003cbr\u003eC. Odom Brenda Plummer Christina K. Roberts Keith Snedegar Stephen P.\u003cbr\u003eWaring Margaret A. Weitekamp  \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublication of the paperback edition made possible by a Sustaining\u003cbr\u003ethe Humanities through the American Rescue Plan grant from the National\u003cbr\u003eEndowment for the Humanities.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 266\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.61 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 12, 2022\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53756068233549,"sku":"9780813069470","price":38.96,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0927\/3304\/7117\/files\/c24vNTJIdThnSjZiaXgxcGVIUGloZz09.webp?v=1776722018","url":"https:\/\/belfastbooks.us\/products\/nasa-and-the-long-civil-rights-movement-paperback","provider":"belfastbooks.us","version":"1.0","type":"link"}