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b'There are two stories from the 1960s that America likes to tell about itself \\u2014 the civil rights movement and the space race. We look at the brief moment when the two collided. Guest: Emily Ludolph, who covered this story for The New York Times, spoke with Ed Dwight, a former Air Force pilot who had trained to be the first black astronaut. For more information on today\\u2019s episode, visit nytimes.com/thedaily.\\n\\nBackground reading:\\xa0President John F. Kennedy was Ed Dwight\\u2019s champion. Within weeks of the president\\u2019s assassination, Mr. Dwight\\u2019s career as a prospective astronaut ended.'