Jul 31, 2023 - Oppenheimer, The Missing Blacks, and The Bomb with Historian CR Gibbs

The film "Oppenheimer" raked in $80.5 million in the United
States on its opening weekend. In the international market, it
took in about $93 million for a total of more than $174 million,
according to BoxOfficeMojo.



The cast list for the $100 million "Oppenheimer" mentions only
one Black scientist.



The movie purports to show a critical time in the life of Dr. J.
Robert Oppenheimer, the father of the atomic bomb. In one of the
greatest scientific efforts during WW II, the Manhattan Project
marshalled the efforts of over 200,000 scientists, technicians,
and workers and helped win the war by dropping two nuclear bombs
on Japan.



Was the only Black in the movie the only one in real life
involved with the project? Who was he and what did he do? To
answer these and other questions about Blacks and the bomb, we
have as our guest, author, lecturer, popular Port of Harlem
contributor, and historian of the African diaspora, C.R. Gibbs.
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Speaking of Hidden Figures:
POH Podcast Host Wayne Young: Is this the making of another
movie?  Guest: Historian CR Gibbs: Oh, I would think
so.