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1 online resource (xiv, 252 pages) : illustrations. |
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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 -- and reaches a crossroads / Margaret A. Weitekamp -- Bringing mankind to the moon: the human rights narrative in the space age / P.J. Blount and David Miguel Molina -- Bringing the moon to mankind: the civil rights narrative and the space age / David Miguel Molina and P.J. Blount -- Southern context -- The newest South: race and space on the Dixie frontier / Brenda Plummer -- "Accommodating the forces of change": civil rights and economic development in space age Huntsville, Alabama / Matthew L. Downs -- NASA, the Association of Huntsville Area Contractors, and equal employment opportunity in the "Rocket City," 1963-1965 / Brian C. Odom -- International context -- Arnaldo Tamayo Mendez and Guion Bluford: the last cold war race battle / Cathleen Lewis -- The Congressional Black Caucus and the closure of NASA's satellite tracking station at Hartebeesthoek, South Africa / Keith Snedegar -- Broader context -- "A competence which should be used": NASA, social movements, and social problems in the 1970s / Cyrus C. M. Mody -- The gates of opportunity : NASA, black activism, and educational access / Eric Fenrich -- "Petite engineer likes math, music" / Christina K. Roberts -- Conclusion: "And where do we go from here?" ensuring the past and future history of space / Jonathan Coopersmith. |
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9780813057323 (electronic book) |
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0813057329 (electronic book) |
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9780813066202 hardcover alkaline paper |
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0813066204 hardcover alkaline paper |
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9780813065205 (ebook) |
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0813065208 (ebook) |
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