Ed Dwight, America’s first black astronaut candidate ... Dwight recalled Yeager privately telling him “how good the white guys were and how I shouldn’t be there.” It wouldn’t be until ...
OBSERVER Senior Staff Writer - Dr. Bernard Harris, Jr., the first African American to walk in space, reflects on his 30-year ...
Six decades ago, John F. Kennedy's White House chose Ed Dwight to train and become the nation's first Black astronaut. Dwight, with some reticence, accepted the calling. But the young Kansas City ...