Space Race: African American Newspapers Respond to Sputnik and Apollo 11
Description:
Using African American newspapers, this study examines the consensual opinion of articles and editorials regarding two events associated with the space race. One event is the Soviet launch of Sputnik on October 4, 1957. The second is the Apollo 11 moon landing on July 20, 1969. Space Race investigates how two scientific accomplishments achieved during the Cold War and the civil rights movement stimulated debate within the newspapers, and that ultimately centered around two questions: why the So…
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Date:
December 2007
Creator:
Thompson, Mark A.
Partner:
UNT Libraries