Pioneering African-American Nasa mathematician Katherine ... Earth in 1962. Ms Johnson verified the calculations made by new electronic computers before his flight. How black women first started ...

A "Hidden Figures" mathematician who helped America win the space race was inducted into the International Air & Space Hall ...

But first, he insisted that Katherine ... White Sulphur Springs. She was ten years old at the time and graduated at fourteen. The school was part of the West Virginia State College, a historically ...

Katherine Johnson, born in 1918, loved maths and excelled at a young age. Her town did not have a high school for Black children, but despite racial segregation laws, she persevered and even ...

Manny: Later in the film, Harrison graciously grants Katherine ... Offscreen, black activists were leading the fight for civil rights in America, but filmmakers turned to white characters to ...

For 14 years, Johnson had made a name for himself as well as a considerable amount of money with his ability to beat black and white opponents with shocking ease. Jeffries, however, refused to ...

Johnson once said, “If you can convince the lowest white man he’s better than the best colored ... well-educated and highly ...

A lawsuit filed against the Gaston County Police Department by two Black police officers alleges that the police department ...

Book bans in U.S. schools and libraries during the 2021-22 school year disproportionately targeted children’s books written ...

The 45-year-old actor — who recently confessed that he needed permission to film with Millie Bobby Brown — and 34-year-old author coordinated in black baseball caps and athleisure. The soon-to ...

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez recently took to Instagram to argue that "most people" weren't ready for the president-elect to ...

City Council is slated to vote on the project in just three weeks, and Wednesday was the second of eight days of committee ...