Pioneering African-American Nasa mathematician Katherine ... Earth in 1962. Ms Johnson verified the calculations made by new electronic computers before his flight. How black women first started ...

The daughter of a "Hidden Figure" will represent her mother Saturday evening as she is inducted into the International Air & ...

But first, he insisted that Katherine ... White Sulphur Springs. She was ten years old at the time and graduated at fourteen. The school was part of the West Virginia State College, a historically ...

Katherine Johnson, born in 1918, loved maths and excelled at a young age. Her town did not have a high school for Black children, but despite racial segregation laws, she persevered and even ...

Johnson once said, “If you can convince the lowest white man he’s better than the best colored ... well-educated and highly ...

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Manny: Later in the film, Harrison graciously grants Katherine ... Offscreen, black activists were leading the fight for civil rights in America, but filmmakers turned to white characters to ...

A lawsuit filed against the Gaston County Police Department by two Black police officers alleges that the police department ...

For 14 years, Johnson had made a name for himself as well as a considerable amount of money with his ability to beat black and white opponents with shocking ease. Jeffries, however, refused to ...

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