Dorothy Vaughan and another local civil rights figure — Patricia Turner, one of 17 black students in Norfolk who integrated into white schools in 1958 — were honored at a Black History Month ...

Vaughan was portrayed by Octavia Spencer in the 2016 movie "Hidden Figures," garnering Spencer an Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actress. Allison Schroeder, a Melbourne High graduate ...

A local grad helped launch John Glenn into space, and helped America catch up to the Soviet Union. Dorothy Vaughan, a 1929 graduate of Wilberforce University, is among three African-American woman ...

If Dorothy Vaughan knew a church was holding a service in her honor, she would have been horrified, said her grandson, Kenneth Vaughan Jr. “She was just so humble,” he said with a laugh.