Brian C. Odom is a historian at NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama. Stephen P. Waring, chair of the Department of History at the University of Alabama in Huntsville, is coauthor of Power to Explore: A History of Marshall Space Flight Center, 1960–1990.

• List of FiguresForeword: "How We Tell About the Civil Rights Movement and Why It Matters" — Jacquelyn Dowd HallIntroduction: Exploring NASA in the 'Long' Civil Rights Movement — Brian C. Odom and Stephen P. WaringPart I. New Frameworks1. Space History Matures--and Reaches a Crossroads — Margaret A. Weitekamp2. Bringing Mankind to the Moon: The Human Rights Narrative in the Space Age — P.J. Blount and David Miguel Molina3. Bringing the Moon to Mankind: The Civil Rights Narrative and the Space Age — David Miguel Molina and P.J. BlountPart II. Southern Context4. The Newest South: Race and Space on the Dixie Frontier — Brenda Plummer5. "Accommodating the Forces of Change": Civil Rights and Economic Development in Space Age Huntsville, Alabama — Matthew L. Downs6. NASA, the Association of Huntsville Area Contractors, and Equal Employment Opportunity in the 'Rocket City,' 1963–1965 — Brian C. OdomPart III. International Context7. Arnaldo Tamayo Mendez and Guion Bluford: The Last Cold War Race Battle — Cathleen Lewis8. The Congressional Black Caucus and the Closure of NASA's Satellite Tracking Station at Hartebeesthoek, South Africa — Keith SnedegarPart IV. Broader Context9. "A Competence Which Should Be Used": NASA, Social Movements, and Social Problems in the 1970s — Cyrus C. M. Mody10. The Gates of Opportunity: NASA, Black Activism, and Educational Access — Eric Fenrich11. "Petite Engineer Likes Math, Music" — Christina K. RobertsConclusion: "And Where Do We Go from Here?" Ensuring the Past and Future History of Space — Jonathan CoopersmithList of ContributorsIndex

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