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Title:
Hidden figures : the true story of four black women and the space race
Summary:
Explores the previously uncelebrated but pivotal contributions of NASA's African American women mathematicians to America's space program, describing how Jim Crow laws segregated them despite their groundbreaking successes. Includes biographies on Dorothy Jackson Vaughan (1910-2008), Mary Winston Jackson (1921-2005), Katherine Colman Goble Johnson (1918-), Dr. Christine Mann Darden (1942-).
Edition:
First edition.
Physical Description:
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 29 cm
Publisher:
Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers,
Publication Date:
2018
ISBN:
9780062742469
Publication Information:
New York, NY : Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2018]
Award Note:
Coretta Scott King Illustrator Honor Book, 2019.
Call Number:
P SHETTERLY
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