Dwight
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Timothy, 1826–1916, U.S. ecclesiastic: president of Yale University 1886–98.
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a male given name: from an Anglo-French surname meaning “of the Isle of Wight.”
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In the 1960s Ed Dwight was the first Black astronaut candidate -- but he never got his chance to go to the Moon.
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For Dwight, the achievement is personal.
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"I have a personal attachment and affiliation with Victor, because I met him when he was 15 years old, and we had a program where we were trying to encourage young Black candidates to go to pilot training and to get into flying," Dwight said.
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In 1961, the civil rights movement was intensifying across the United States as Dwight was serving as a pilot in the US Air Force.
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"The people who make astronauts fought it and said 'This guy will last about six weeks,'" Dwight recalls.
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