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Space Exploration: JFK to Dr. Mae

December 2, 2003

Mae Jemison astronaut [homepage]

Dr. Mae Jemison describes the United States' efforts at space exploration from the Kennedy years through the present. Mae C. Jemison blasted into orbit aboard the space shuttle Endeavour on September 12, 1992 as the first woman of color to go into space. Dr. Mae Jemison has also founded and been president of two technology companies, and is the only real-life astronaut to appear in an episode of Star Trek: The Next Generation.

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Topics: Culture & Identity | People & Places | Science & Nature

Sub-Topics: African American | Astronomy & Space | Interviews | North American | Profiles

Presented by WGBH and John F. Kennedy Library Foundation:

Reality Radio: Telling True Stories in Sound

John Biewen, author of Reality Radio: Telling True Stories in Sound, joins public radio favorites Ira Glass, Jay Allison, and the Kitchen Sisters for an intimate evening of stories and clips, and to discuss how they do what they do, and why.

John Callahan and Adam Bradley on Ralph Ellison

Editors John Callahan and Adam Bradley discuss Ralph Ellison's posthumously-published second novel Three Days Before the Shooting.

African Meeting House Rededication Ceremony, Boston, Part 1

Beverly Morgan-Welch

The African Meeting House, located in Beacon Hill, Boston, was built in 1806 by skilled African-American craftsmen, and was the center of Boston's African-American community for nearly one hundred years.

The Road to Justice: Civil Rights and Legal Developments

The United States made enormous progress toward racial justice since World War II. Fred D. Gray, one of the nation’s preeminent civil rights lawyers, analyzes legal developments in this field, drawing on his own leading role in many landmark civil rights cases.

Generations of Social Justice

Xernona Clayton

This program invites two individuals, Xerona Clayton who worked with Dr Martin Luther King 50 years ago and today is the president of the foundation that presents the Trumpet Awards, a prestigious award ceremony which recognizes African American accomplishments and is sponsored by the Turner Broadca

Cornel West: Remaining Engaged in Haiti

Is Haiti just another fleeting humanitarian campaign? Or is it possible to respond to suffering and injustice in a way that is meaningful and sustainable?

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