50th Year Memorial Tribute honoring our nation's first African-American astronaut -- Major Robert H. Lawrence, Jr. -- December 8th at 10:00am at Kennedy Space Center Visitor's Complex.

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'The first, but not the last': Lawrence remembered as pioneering black astronaut
James Dean, FLORIDA TODAY Published 5:08 p.m. ET Dec. 8, 2017 | Updated 10:34 p.m. ET Dec. 8, 2017

Opinion: First black astronaut a forgotten hero
Ben Crump, Guest columnist Published 3:20 p.m. ET Dec. 5, 2017 | Updated 3:50 p.m. ET Dec. 6, 2017