Katherine Johnson
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The mathematician and computer scientist, who was apart of the the all-male flight research division of NASA and famously calculated the flight trajectory for Apollo 11’s moon flight in 1969, attended West Virginia University. Her character was portrayed by Taraji P. Henson in the film Hidden Figures. She celebrated her 99th birthday in August 2017.
Word To Beychella: 11 HBCU Graduates Who Changed The World was originally published on globalgrind.com
