The real story behind Hidden Figures: NASA mathematician Katherine Johnson - whose career inspired the award-winning movie - lays bare her struggles with racism and sexism in eye-opening posthumous memoir
Johnson s posthumous memoir, My Remarkable Journey, was co-written by Joylette Hylick and Katherine Moore, two of her three daughters
In the book, she recounted how she went from a child prodigy in West Virginia to a NASA employee, detailing the struggles and fears she faced as a black woman
Johnson is remembered as a trailblazer who helped America dominate aeronautics, space research, and computer technology in NASA s early years
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NASA officially named its Washington, D.C., headquarters building after pioneering engineer Mary Winston Jackson during a ceremony on Friday.
Members of Jackson s family and other prominent guests attended the small ceremony, including NASA Langley Center Director Clayton Turner, retired NASA engineer and Hidden Figure Christine Darden, artist Tenbeete Solomon, and Jackson s grandchildren Wanda and Bryan Jackson.
In addition to unveiling a building sign with Jackson s name, the agency screened video tributes with reflections on her career at NASA, featuring family, friends, colleagues, astronauts, celebrities, elected officials and Hampton University President William R. Harvey.
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