NASA and the Long Civil Rights Movement

ISBN-13: 9780813066202 / Angielski / Twarda / 2019 / 266 str.

Brian C. Odom; Stephen P. Waring

Spis treści

• List of Figures
• 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
• Part I. New Frameworks1. Space History Matures--and Reaches a Crossroads — Margaret A. Weitekamp
• 2. Bringing Mankind to the Moon: The Human Rights Narrative in the Space Age — P.J. Blount and David Miguel Molina
• 3. Bringing the Moon to Mankind: The Civil Rights Narrative and the Space Age — David Miguel Molina and P.J. Blount
• Part II. Southern Context
• 4. The Newest South: Race and Space on the Dixie Frontier — Brenda Plummer
• 5. "Accommodating the Forces of Change": Civil Rights and Economic Development in Space Age Huntsville, Alabama — Matthew L. Downs
• 6. NASA, the Association of Huntsville Area Contractors, and Equal Employment Opportunity in the 'Rocket City,' 1963–1965 — Brian C. Odom
• Part III. International Context
• 7. Arnaldo Tamayo Mendez and Guion Bluford: The Last Cold War Race Battle — Cathleen Lewis
• 8. The Congressional Black Caucus and the Closure of NASA's Satellite Tracking Station at Hartebeesthoek, South Africa — Keith Snedegar
• Part IV. Broader Context
• 9. "A Competence Which Should Be Used": NASA, Social Movements, and Social Problems in the 1970s — Cyrus C. M. Mody
• 10. The Gates of Opportunity: NASA, Black Activism, and Educational Access — Eric Fenrich
• 11. "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
• List of Contributors
• Index