A young boy eagerly listens to the games on the radio and reports the happenings to his deaf father using sign language. In the summer of 1947, Jackie Robinson’s name is all over the news as the first Black player in baseball’s Major Leagues.
#PICTURES KATHERINE JOHNSON NASA MOVIE#
Check out the movie here and grab the movie guide here. Her bravery paved the way for desegregation in all schools. Daily she courageously faced rotten fruit being thrown at her, screaming protesters, and cruel bullies. Ruby Bridges became the first child to attend an all-white school at the age of six in 1960. The Story of Ruby Bridges by Robert Coles Here are some more picture books of incredible African-Americans who played a major part in desegregation. As the movie shows, Katherine, Mary, and Dorothy played a crucial part in desegregation. Hidden Figures is set during a time of segregation.
This curiosity led her on a path that took her to a job at NASA, where she began to calculate pathways for spacecraft, including John Glenn’s orbit around earth. She was always asking questions and wondering things about the way the world worked. After starting college at the age of 15 and graduating at 19, she joined NASA as a “human computer”, or person who painstakingly checked mathematical equations in order to assure quality and safety of spacecraft.Ĭounting the Stars: The Story of Katherine Johnson, NASA Mathematician by Lesa Cline-RansomeĮven as a child, Katherine Johnson had an insatiable desire to learn. Katherine always had a brain that loved to learn. Their mathematical skills and determination allowed them to make history for NASA, the United States, and the world!Ī Computer Called Katherine by Suzanne Slade Learn about the real brains behind some of NASA’s greatest moments: Dorothy Vaughan, Mary Jackson, Katherine Johnson, and Christine Darden. Hidden Figures: The True Story of Four Black Women and the Space Race by Margot Lee Shetterly Katherine Johnson, the mathematical genius responsible for the safe homecoming of NASA’s Apollo 13 mission to the moon, is celebrated in this storybook about the young counting fanatic that grew up to greatness, one number at a time. Despite facing racism and sexism, her brilliance helped America in the Space Race against the Soviet Union. Hidden Figures is the true story of brilliant mathematician Katherine Johnson. I make a small commission from some of the links on this site. After watching Hidden Figures, learn more about Katherine Johnson, the Space Race, Black womenin STEM, and segregation.ĭisclaimer: Some of the following links are affiliate links.
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