THIS BLACK HISTORY MONTH, NFL HALL OF FAMER BRIAN DAWKINS SHARES HOW DOCTOR GUION (GUY-ON) BLUFORD MADE HISTORY BY BECOMING THE FIRST AFRICAN AMERICAN TO GO TO SPACE. THIS BLACK HISTORY MONTH ...
Ultimately, he wasn't chosen to advance into NASA's astronaut program. It would take another 20 years before Guion Bluford Jr. would become NASA's first Black astronaut. The launch window opened ...
Students learned about Guion Bluford, Mae Jemison, Ruby Bridges, Michelle and Barack Obama, Muhammad Ali, Simone Biles, and ...
In any case, it would be another two decades before Guion Bluford Jr. became the first Black American in space in 1983. Dwight went on to become a sculptor but held onto his dream of spaceflight.