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Dr. Mae Jemison talking with students from Decatur, Alabama, at the Space and Rocket Center in Huntsville.

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@ Alabama Department of Archives and History, 624 Washington Avenue, Montgomery, Alabama

Schultz, Eric J.

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Jemison, a medical doctor and astronaut, was the first African American woman to travel to space. She was a crew member aboard the space shuttle Endeavor, which launched in September 1992. (Jemison was born in Decatur but raised in Chicago, Illinois.)
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1989 03 22
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Copyright, Alabama Department of Archives and History. Donated by the Alabama Media Group, http://www.alabamamediagroup.com
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Alabama Department of Archives and History, 624 Washington Avenue, Montgomery, Alabama

Keywords

  1. African Americans
  2. Astronauts
  3. Huntsville (Ala.)
  4. Madison County (Ala.)
  5. Physicians
  6. Space And Rocket Center (Huntsville, Ala.)
  7. Students

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