We Could Not Fail: The First African Americans in the Space Program
by Richard Paul & Steven Moss
University of Texas Press. 2015. Hardcover. Fine in a Fine unclipped dust jacket.
Highlighting Black men including:
Julius Montgomery- The first African American hired as a technical professional at the Cape Canaveral space facility.
Frank Crossley- A NASA engineer and the first African American to earn a doctorate in metallurgical engineering.
Ed Dwight- The first African American astronaut candidate.
George Carruthers:
An engineer who developed the first telescope camera placed on another planetary body.
Clyde Foster:- A NASA worker who was instrumental in ending NASA's advancement training program's racial barriers.
Morgan Watson- An engineer who helped design the heat shields for the Saturn V rocket.
Delano Hyder and Richard Hall- These two men are also featured in the book, with their stories highlighting the uniqueness of Huntsville, where NASA was located.
Theodis Ray and George Bourda
