#ARYExBlackFacts: Months after the U.S. declared its ambition to put a man on the moon, a new astronaut candidate entered the program. #EdDwight’s appointment had the potential to bridge the gap between the civil rights movement and the Space Race. Take a listen to the public radio documentary series and podcast @RadioDiaries to hear Ed Dwight’s first person account of this history. RP @RadioDiaries 📸: Rare archival photos from the @LAPublicLibrary Image details: 1. Astronaut Captain Edward J. Dwight, Photographs by George Birch, Valley Times Collection/Los Angeles Public Library, 1963 2. Astronaut Captain Edward J. Dwight, (Contact Sheet 2). photograph by George Brich, Valley Times Collection/Los Angeles Public Library, 1963 3. Captain Ed Dwight receives award from officials of the Los Angeles Urban League. Left to right are Brig. Gen. Irving Branch, Edwards AFB commander; D.R. Zook, Urban League; Dwight: Wesley Brazier, Urban League, and Col. 'Chuck' Yeager, astronaut trainin...