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@ Los Angeles Public Library

Brich, George

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Photograph was edited for publication purposesEdward Joseph Dwight Jr. was born in Kansas City on September 9, 1933, and joined the United States Air Force in 1953 at the age of 20. In 1961, the Kennedy administration selected Captain Dwight Jr. as the first African American astronaut trainee at the Experimental Test Pilot School at Edwards Air Force Base near Lancaster. He was one of fifteen pilots selected for the aerospace school, which provided classroom instruction and flight training in space simulators and high performance jets. He served in the Air Force from 1953 until 1966.Photograph caption dated July 25, 1963 reads, "Capt. Dwight receives citation from officials of the Los Angeles Urban League. Left to right are Brig. Gen. Irving Branch, Edwards AFB commander; D.R. Zook, Urban League; Dwight: Wesley Brazier, Urban League, and Col. 'Chuck' Yeager, astronaut training commandant at Edwards AFB."

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