No Short Climb: 'Race Workers' & America's Defense Technology

Description

Just after the Great Depression, young college educated African-Americans found themselves unemployed and unemployable because of their race. As the U.S. geared up for the coming war on the European continent, efforts were made to aggressively recruit and place Blacks into the military and the civilian service corps. Despite obstacles that hindered acceptance and promotion, African-Americans made major contributions to the technological successes of WWII. NO SHORT CLIMB combines personal memoir with archival footage, still photography, and graphics, to present a first-hand account of the previously unknown story of the contributions of African-American scientists and technicians.