I was reading about John Young (RIP), and I came across this.

I was reading about John Young (RIP), and I came across this. I never heard about him before. His bio is something else. Just having a PhD in P Chem would impress me by itself.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Henry_Lawrence_Jr.

http://wivb.com/2017/12/08/first-black-astronaut-honored-on-50th-anniversary-of-death/
http://wivb.com/2017/12/08/first-black-astronaut-honored-on-50th-anniversary-of-death/