Col. Guion "Guy" Bluford Jr.
"... the important thing is not that I am black, but that I did a good job as a scientist and an astronaut. There will be black astronauts flying in later missions ... and they, too, will be people who excel, not simply who are black ... who can ably represent their people, their communities, their country." Col. Guion "Guy" Bluford Jr. to the Philadelphia Inquirer of his shuttle flights into space. Colonel Bluford, an Air Force pilot, became an astronaut in 1979 and was the first African American to fly to space in 1983. Col. Guion "Guy" Bluford Jr. to the Philadelphia Inquirer of his shuttle flights into space. Colonel Bluford, an Air Force pilot, became an astronaut in 1979 and was the first African American to fly to space in 1983.
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