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Hidden Figures Book Report

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Nazarena Carlon
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May 14th
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What would your life be like if you didn't have access to your dreams because of your race and gender? The book and movie named “Hidden Figures” is based on the real life experiences of three mathematicians at NASA. They worked on the project “Mercury” and the Apollo 11 flight to the moon. These missions helped America win the space race against Russia. Also, the movie and book Hidden Figures demonstrates how the three most brilliant and incredible African American women Katherine Globe Johnson, Dorothy Vaughan and Mary Jackson, who has the brains at NASA in the 1960’s. They were mathematicians, programmers and engineers that were called human “computers.”They are three gifted African-American women who made a huge difference to the successful American …show more content…

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