NASA Renames Headquarters After Its First Black Woman Engineer “Hidden Figures” icon Mary W. Jackson’s name will grace the agency’s headquarters building in Washington, D.C., which is located on Hidden Figures Way. N. Jamiyla Chisholm Jun 25, 2020 11:54AM EDT
'Hidden Figures'' Katherine Johnson Passes Away at Age 101 Called the “human computer” for her way with numbers, Johnson reached for the stars and gave her nation the moon. N. Jamiyla Chisholm Feb 25, 2020 1:30PM EST
NASA Dedicates Street to 'Hidden Figures' NASA honors the Black women who made the first human spaceflight possible. Now, visitors “will forevermore be reminded” of their legacy. N. Jamiyla Chisholm Jun 13, 2019 2:41PM EDT
West Virginia State University Honors Katherine Johnson With Statue, Scholarship The mathemetician’s alma mater plans to endow the scholarship with $100,000 to support students seeking degrees in STEM. Sameer Rao Jun 4, 2018 1:19PM EDT
Nat Geo Developing 'Hidden Figures' Scripted Series The series draws from the Oscar-nominated movie about the Black women whose mathematical expertise made some of NASA’s earliest missions possible. Sameer Rao Apr 6, 2018 11:15AM EDT
These Performers of Color Cleaned Up at The First MTV Movie & TV Awards Several of your favorite stars took home golden popcorn statues. Sameer Rao May 8, 2017 10:54AM EDT
