Untold story of the black women mathematicians who helped win the space race. Hear her journey about writing this remarkable story that combines the rich intersection of the civil rights era, the space race, the cold war and the movement for gender equality. As an anthropologist with an admiration for history, i was curious about this date, september 8th. What happened with nasa on this date. So september 8th, 1967, the surveyor v launched. 1983, sat com vii launched. And today, september 8th, 2016, Margot Lee Shetterly publicly launches her book [laughter] Hidden Figures into the literary world. [applause] so a little bit on margot. I know many of you you know her, or went to school with her. Margot was raised right here in hampton, virginia. She graduated from the university of virginia with a degree in finance. A journalist, independent researcher, entrepreneur and cocreator of an englishlanguage monthly magazine with her husband, aaron, margot is the daughter of one of the first na
Statewide races in years. Thats why president obama is pushing voters to get everyone they know out to the polls. Here necessary wisconsin, campaigning for mary burke in a bid to unseat Governor Scott walker. Grab your friends, grab your coworkers, grab you know, the lazy cousin who is sitting at home. Never votes during the midterm elections. He is watching reruns of old packer games. Just grab him up. Take all of them to cast their ballot and cast their ballot for mary burton. With things so tight, theres no excuse not to vote. And africanamericans could play a huge role in this election. With democrats counting on black voters to turn out and official in georgia, louisiana and arkansas reporting big increases in black Voter Registration. So the president had one more message last night. I am telling you, wisconsin, americas best days are still ahead. I believe it. Mary burke believes it. Now you have to believe it. Go out there and vote and go vote for mary burke. God bless america.
The group, consisting of five individuals and three teams, will be honored with a formal induction ceremony on Saturday, September 21, a focal point of homecoming weekend festivities.
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