AFRICAN AMERICAN HISTORY MONTH: ‘Hidden Figures’ pioneering mathematician never counted herself out

y Lauren Victoria Burke — Katherine Johnson, the legendary NASA physicist and mathematician, played a pivotal role in helping the U.S. land men on the moon during the space race in the 1960s and was portrayed by actress Taraji P. Henson in the 2017 film “Hidden Figures.” The book based on the film by the same […]