A legend passes
RIP, you great man:
Julius Montgomery was the first African American to work at Cape Canaveral.
He pushed hard for the creation of an engineering program to allow minorities to get the education they needed to become professioinals at NASA. Brevard Engineering College was the result.
Brevard's first classrooms were rented from the state of Florida. Florida told Brevard it could not enroll African Americans because Florida did not permit desegrated activities on its property.
Montgomery, the first applicant admitted to the school, withdrew his application in order to allow the college to open.
Three years later, when Brevard had its own privately-owned facility, it re-admitted Montgomery with great fanfare.
Julius Montgomery was the first African American to work at Cape Canaveral.
He pushed hard for the creation of an engineering program to allow minorities to get the education they needed to become professioinals at NASA. Brevard Engineering College was the result.
Brevard's first classrooms were rented from the state of Florida. Florida told Brevard it could not enroll African Americans because Florida did not permit desegrated activities on its property.
Montgomery, the first applicant admitted to the school, withdrew his application in order to allow the college to open.
Three years later, when Brevard had its own privately-owned facility, it re-admitted Montgomery with great fanfare.