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Hidden in Plain Sight: The Black Women Who Fueled the NASA Space Race
Katherine Johnson, Dorothy Vaughan, and Mary Jackson are the names most commonly associated with these groundbreaking women, largely thanks to Margot Lee Shetterly’s book Hidden Figures and the ...
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Mary Jackson, Katherine Johnson, and Dorothy Vaughan. (Photo/NASA.gov)
The AFRO knows what it’s like to endure challenging times. John H. Murphy, Sr., a former enslaved man founded the AFRO in 1892 with $200 from his wife, Martha Howard Murphy. Together they ...
Why you need to know Vivian Ayers, a Renaissance woman whose poem became part of NASA lore
Last month, NASA honored the late Dorothy Vaughan — a mathematician, programmer and its first Black manager at the Langley ...
Author of “Hidden Figures” draws capacity crowd at Bakersfield College
Margot Lee Shetterly, author of the No. 1 New York Times bestselling book “Hidden Figures,” told an appreciative crowd Wednesday evening that the three Black women she wrote about who worked as ...
7 Biopics To Watch On Women’s Day That Will Inspire You
This inspiring film is about a story of three smart black women named Katherine Johnson, Dorothy Vaughan, and Mary Jackson ...