The film Hidden Figures brought the unsung stories of Black women NASA pioneers to the forefront, and now they are finally receiving the credit and recognition that they long deserved. Katherine Johnson, Dr. Christine Darden and the late Mary Jackson and Dorothy Vaughan have been nominated for Congressional Gold Medals, KTVA reported.

Katherine Johnson, Woman of  Color who Calculated the Flight Path for the First American Mission to Space and Had Her Life Chronicled in the Movie “Hidden Figures,” Turns 100 Today!

       On Thursday, August 16, 2018, her majesty “The Queen of Soul Aretha Franklin left this plane, but the world was blessed to experience and enjoy her talent and genius.  Graced with the glimpse of the divine, the world and America stopped and paid its tributes to one of America’s greatest national treasures.

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