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Going ‘Where No African American Had Gone Before’

Posted on February 29, 2012 by jtozer

By Tech. Sgt. Benjamin Rojek, DMA From www.af.mil FORT GEORGE G. MEADE, Md. (AFNS) - She may never have traveled aboard an actual space shuttle, but in the 1960s Nichelle Nichols inspired a generation by boldly going where no African American had …
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To Dream of Stars: The First African American Woman in Space

Posted on February 12, 2012 by jtozer

From www.af.mil FORT GEORGE G. MEADE, Md. (AFNS) - The shortest distance between two points is a straight line. However, going from a small town in Alabama to miles above the surface of the earth required a few stops along the way …
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