That calculation was a dramatic point in the movie. Johnson was a celebrity of sorts, even before she performed that amazing calculation for astronaut John Glenn.” The Black newspapers around the country had been telling the story of Katherine Johnson for many years. “Many have said to me, ‘wow, this story has never been told.’ But that’s not true. However, she said, she was not the first to tell their story. Speaking to a packed house at the Ferguson Center for the Performing Arts, Shetterly acknowledged that many of her readers had never heard of these so-called “human computers” prior to the publication of her New York Times bestselling book Hidden Figures, and the subsequent Oscar-nominated hit film. For Shetterly, it was telling the story of Katherine Johnson and the other pioneering, segregated female NASA mathematicians who helped process the aeronautic data critical to the success of the country’s first space flights. Read time: Shetterly chatted and signed books for students after her address.Īuthor and Hampton Roads native Margot Lee Shetterly urged students to pay attention to what sparks their curiosity, and to let that passion guide them. 'Hidden Figures' Author Visits Campus Margot Lee Shetterly imparts the value of storytelling to preserve history.
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