NASA-Led Program Provided Young African Americans Career Training
11 Feb 2021, 16:00 GMT
By Robert S. Arrighi
Topic: NASA History
Source URL: https://www.nasa.gov/history/nasa-led-program-provided-young-african-americans-career-training/
“Good education contains something for the mind, the body, and the spirit,” declared Abe Silverstein, director of NASA’s Lewis Research Center in August 1967. The center had just commenced a three-week training program to prepare young African American men for local apprenticeships in the construction trades. Reflecting Silverstein’s philosophy, this Pre-Apprentice Program provided not only