Hidden Figures Book Report

Being an educated individual helps combat ignorance and help people be aware of the injustice around the world towards the people of color. Having knowledge can help change the world and fight against police brutality implemented on people of color and fight the constant oppression by the white supremacy. These powerful woman activist knew that change is inevitable. People are becoming more socially conscience and they wanted to fight and be part of the positive social change. These strong women activist believe in the power of unity. Promoting solidarity amongst people of color knowing it will one day help transform the world. Being political organizers they as Davis says, “never saw themselves as doing anything meaningful as an individual” they knew that people are the most powerful when they are united. These woman inspired social change and started revolutionary acts. Engaging in peaceful marches, protesting for the right of the black people and most importantly teaching people about racism and how it affects people of color. These women have dedicated their lives to fight and bring victory to more people of color in the form of justice and

She wanted to resign, but after one of the male supervisors heard her complaints, he invited her to work for him, and that had changed her mind. In 1953, Mary Jackson had then left the west computers in order to work for engineer Kazimierz Czarnecki. They both conducted experiments in a high-speed wind tunnel. He quickly saw mary’s potential and encouraged her to take training programs that would allow her to take engineering classes and become an engineer. In order for mary to take those necessary classes, she had to have permission from the city of Hampton to take those classes along with her white peers in the classroom. Mary had completed her courses and then in 1958 became the first black female engineer at NASA. Mary had received a promotion to be an aeronautical engineer and have the ability to develop and expertise on working with wind tunnels and analyzing data for aircrafts flight

It’s worth noting, though, that there were other women, including black women, in the computing team. Johnson was one of many people, of all races and sexes, working to make the space program

Katherine Goble became the first African-American in the Space Task Group as Al Harrison, the director, needed someone to double check the numbers. However, she had to go a

That thing is education. Each of the women was able to contribute to the African American feminist agenda by gaining their education. Without their education, who knows if these women would have been able to achieve the accomplishments they did. Education is the key to success. Ignorant people do not go far. I think as a group, African American women as figuring out that education is the key. More and more African American women are graduating from colleges and becoming professional in the world. In addition, we see more African American women climbing corporate ladders and shattering glass

Wether it was recruitment, mobilization, or obtaining and securing resources, African American women were the backbone and the unsung heros of these movements. “Given the context of the times, the period 1954-65, women who participated in the civil rights movement experienced unprecedented power” (Robnett 1996).

All of us, wanted to conduct our research on an African-American woman who helped with the Civil Rights movement. We wanted to shine light on a person that we don’t commonly hear of when we are taught about the Civil Rights Movement. We received a suggestion, that we should do a local topic. We searched for African-American women that helped during the Civil Rights movement in Charleston, South Carolina. We decided to do our project on Septima Clark because she was not commonly known as a civil rights leader.

When asked to identify important leaders of the civil rights movement, the name that most often comes to one’s mind is Martin Luther King Jr. Others may mention James Forman, Ralph Abernathy, Fred Shuttlesworth, James Farmer, Andrew Young, or Bayard Rustin. Notably missing are the names of women leaders. Rarely would Ella Baker, Septima Clark, Gloria Richardson, Daisy Bates, or Fannie Lou Hamer be identified. The absence of the women leaders of the civil rights movement from history is not because there were not any, but because the type of leadership they performed is often overlooked in favor of the men leaders, due in part to gender bias.

African American women have a long history of being political activists. African American foremothers, such as: Frances E.W. Harper, Maria Stewart, Sarah Mapps Douglass, Sarah Parker Remond, Harriet Jacobs, Mary Ann Shadd Cary, and Ida B. Wells were fighting for racial, social, and gender equality since slavery and the Emancipation Proclamation. Whether it is in print culture or in public culture African American women have continuously protested the treatment of African Americans and women in America. Yet, the presence of women (especially African American women) was not welcomed in America’s public domain. In fact, it deviated from acceptable gender roles. Women on the public stage receiving spotlight for their resistance against

She graduated in 1932 but, she did not attend college. When she was young, it was still unusual for women, especially upper-class women from privileged backgrounds, to attend college. She attended the Allen wood Academy, a finishing school in England, and was married by the time she was twenty.

They were specifically looking for African-American females to work as “computers” in what was then the Guidance and Navigation Department. She began working or NACA in 1953 and worked on problems assigned from engineers. While working, Johnson began to ask questions, such as the “hows” and “whys”, but this began to make her stand out. She began attending briefings in which she became more known for her training in geometry. While doing work for NASA, she had the honor of receiving tenure. She became more popular around the workplace and was becoming a leader, as more of the men began to rely on her. Johnson continued on to do calculations for the Freedom 7, Friendship 7, and even the Apollo 11 mission which landed three individuals on the moon. She also did calculations for the Space Shuttle

Mary Jackson First African American Female Engineer Engineer ,persistent , and hidden figure are three words that people think of in connection to Mary Jackson. Many people know that Mary Jackson was an engineer, but she was so much more. As a engineer, Mary Jackson showed America that through persistence, hard work, and determination that even in the 1960’s segregation an African-American women, can be a great engineer. She left a legacy as NASA’s first African American Female engineer.

The movie Hidden Figures documents the remarkable story of three African American females who paved the way for minorities during the 1960’s. Elite Mathematician Katherine Goble, Unauthorized Supervisor Dorothy Vaughan, and Hopeful Engineer Mary Jackson work as “human computers,” in the segregated part of the Langley Research Center. The Russians successfully launched a satellite and the United States were looking to get a step ahead in the “Space Race”. Katherine Goble is assigned to the Space Task Group because of her math skills and she becomes the first black woman ever to make the team. Mary Jackson is assigned to the space capsule heat shield team and builds up the courage to try and get an engineering degree.

She was known as a “human computer” at NASA. Johnson accomplished her goals by ignoring all of the negativity in her life and staying focused. While reading information on her, as well as watching the movie “Hidden Figures”,

They often doubted her judgement of skills in her line of work, as well as her mathematical skills even though she went to college at West Virginia State University and earned her degree. She had a B.S. in mathematics and french and graduated in 1937. She was one of three african americans to graduate that year due to the president of the college wanting integrate the graduating class. She was the only female of the three students picked, that causing great opportunities open up for her, thus how she ended up working for NASA. “During a pivotal scene, Johnson and a team of white, male engineers are staring at a blackboard, trying to solve equations for the trajectory of astronaut John Glenn's space capsule. They're stumped until Johnson hits upon a solution: ‘Euler's Method,’ she says. ‘That's ancient,’ says one of the engineers incredulously. ‘Yes. But it works,’ she counters. ‘It works numerically.’” (Meyers, 2017)