The movie based on Katherine Johnson, Dorothy Vaughan and Mary Jackson was the top-grossing Oscar-nominated film of 2017 ...

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A group of Black women, crucial to NASA’s achievements during the space race and famously known as the “Hidden Figures,” were honored with a Congressional Gold Medal ceremony on Capitol Hill. These ...

Ms. Jackson’s contributions received widespread attention after the release of the 2016 film “Hidden Figures,” which chronicled black women’s work during the space race. By Allyson Waller That “giant ...

The group of female mathematicians and engineers were honored in a ceremony. A group of Black female mathematicians, aeronautical engineers and human computers whose groundbreaking work for NASA ...

On Monday, history-making NASA mathematician Katherine Johnson passed away at the age of 101. Johnson’s story was memorably portrayed by actress Taraji P. Henson in the Academy Award-nominated drama ...

The women who were portrayed in “Hidden Figures,” will receive gold medals. Three African American women who were portrayed in the 2016 film, "Hidden Figures," will receive Congressional Gold Medals.

The space between the end of the old year and the start of the new is movie awards season, and thus biopic season, a time studios saturate the market with stories based on real-life people and ...

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