As much as I love aviation and the history of the American space program, I find it Ironic that they could refer to Shepard as "The Free World's First Space Man" during a time when grandmothers in the Jim Crow south were being attacked by police dogs because they were in the streets demanding voters rights and equal schools.
This has been flagged as spam show
40 year anniversary today 1st American in Space - check out our channel at Kennedy Space Center in Port Canaveral
Orlando2Vegas 9 months ago
As much as I love aviation and the history of the American space program, I find it Ironic that they could refer to Shepard as "The Free World's First Space Man" during a time when grandmothers in the Jim Crow south were being attacked by police dogs because they were in the streets demanding voters rights and equal schools.
airmanbooker 1 year ago