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Hidden Figures: The American Dream and the Untold Story of the Black Women Mathematicians Who Helped Win the Space Race
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The #1 New York Times
bestseller
The phenomenal true
story of the black female mathematicians at NASA whose calculations helped fuel
some of America's greatest achievements in space-a powerful, revelatory history
essential to our understanding of race, discrimination, and achievement in modern
America. The basis for the smash Academy Award-nominated
film starring Taraji P. Henson, Octavia Spencer, Janelle Monae, Kirsten
Dunst, and Kevin Costner.
Before John Glenn
orbited the earth, or Neil Armstrong ...
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