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In 1917 NACA was formed
to turn flying machines into
war machines.In 1940 black human computers
were allowed to start work and
NACA, soon to become NASA.In 1941 A. Philip Randolph, pioneering
civil rights activist, proposed a march
on Washington, D.C., to draw attention
to racial discrimination.
President Franklin D. Roosevelt issued Executive Order 8802,
preventing racial discrimination in hiring for federal and
war-related work. This order cleared the way for the
black computers to work at NASA.NACA was dissolved in 1958
to make way for NASA, or
National Aeronautics and
Space Admistration.In 1970 NASA dissolved
human computers to make
way for new technological
advancements.Slavery was officailly abolished
with the 13th ammendment,
which states, neither slavery
nor involuntary servitude,
except as a punishment for crime
whereof the party shall have
been duly convicted, shall exist
within the United States, or any
place subject to their jurisdiction.Abraham Lincoln made his
Emancipation Proclamation
speech.Many amendments around
1965 helped African
Americans vote. The 13th
amendment, neither slavery
nor involuntary servitude,
except as a punishment for
crime whereof the party shall
have been duly convicted, shall
exist within the United States,
or any place subject to their
jurisdiction, the 15th amendment,
The right of citizens of the United
States to vote shall not be denied
or abridged by the United States or
by any State on account of race,
color, or previous condition of servitude,
which helpSegragation was ruled
illegal, racialy and sexually.In 1959 schools were
desegregated
permanently for
African Americans.
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