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Woman in Motion
Nichelle Nichols' daunting task to launch a national blitz for NASA, recruiting 8,000 of the nation's best and brightest, including the trailblazing astronauts who became the first Black, Asian and Latino men and women to fly in space.
October 23, 1957 in Montgomery, Alabama, USA
23 October 1958, Detroit, Michigan, USA
19 August 1946, Hope, Arkansas, USA
13 November 1955, New York City, New York, USA
5 October 1958, New York City, New York, USA
21 February 1940, Troy, Alabama, USA
15 December 1961, Centerville, Illinois, USA
12 December 1967, Richmond, Virginia, USA
27 August 1908, Stonewall, Texas, USA
24 January 1944, Chicago, Illinois, USA
6 May 1953, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, USA
May 26, 1951 in Encino, Los Angeles, California, USA
25 March 1939, Sussex, New Jersey, USA
5 August 1930, Wapakoneta, Ohio, USA
20 January 1920, Toccoa, Georgia, USA
9 December 1952, Luling, Texas, USA
3 October 1954, Brooklyn, New York, USA
19 August 1921, El Paso, Texas, USA
22 September 1981, Louisville, Kentucky, USA
20 April 1937, Los Angeles, California, USA
3 March 1920, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
