Black Stars in Orbit: NASA's African American Astronauts - Softcover

Burns, Khephra; Miles, William

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0152002766 ISBN 13: 9780152002763

Publisher: HMH Books for Young Readers, 1995

Synopsis

Dramatic photographs and vivid text celebrate the history of African Americans’ struggle to participate in America’s space program. “A must purchase for all collections.”-School Library Journal

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William Miles is a contributor for Houghton Mifflin Harcourt titles including: "Black Stars in Orbit".

Reviews

Grade 6 Up?Based on a 1990 television documentary by the same name, this attractive oversized volume updates and brings the information to a wider audience. Burns and Miles begin with a chapter on the African American pilots of World War II, the Tuskegee Airmen, and continue with the experience of Ed Dwight, a Korean War era pilot who was recommended for the Astronaut Training Program by President Kennedy. These early pioneers faced blatant racial discrimination and had to work especially hard to succeed. The contributions of African American scientists and physicans who worked behind the scenes are documented, as is NASA's campaign, with the advent of the Space Shuttle Program, to recruit minority trainees. The authors use quotations from the television documentary to tell the compelling and at times horrifying story in a full and lively manner. Excellent-quality, sharply reproduced, black-and-white photographs appear on nearly every spread. A must purchase for all collections.?Margaret M. Hagel, Norfolk Public Library System, VA
Copyright 1995 Reed Business Information, Inc.

Edition details

• Publisher: HMH Books for Young Readers
• Publication date: 1995
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0152002766
• ISBN 13: 9780152002763
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 80