The Student Tennessee Education Association (STEA), an organization for aspiring teachers at Austin Peay State University, is hosting its spring book club event on March 27.

Margot Lee Shetterly, whose nonfiction book “Hidden Figures: The American Dream and the Untold Story of the Black Women Who Helped Win the Space Race” brought these women’s stories to light ...

Christine Darden is the only one living among the women. Being way younger and born on September 10, 1942–around the time the other women were close to their NACA debut.

A group of NASA scientists who are all African American women, received the Congressional Gold Medal on Friday. Some Oklahoma women were able to attend the ceremony.

But Dorothy Hoover of Hope still remains somewhat of a hidden figure. Hoover, who died in 2000, wasn't honored with an individual medal at the ceremony at the U.S. Capitol in Washington on Wednesday.

Some "Hidden Figures" were recently honored for their contributions to NASA, the black women aided U.S. efforts during the space race.

Johnson specifically recognized Katherine Johnson, Dorothy Vaughan, Mary Jackson and Christine Darden, but noted all the women know as "human computers" in the space program through the 1970s.

The hidden figures of the space race were recognized with Congress’ highest honor at a medal ceremony on Wednesday. The Congressional Gold Medal was presented to the families of Katherine ...

The play even had stars, including Christine Darden, who was a mathematician in the book, that were not shown in the movie and only in the book. Genesis Kelly plays Darden in the production. "A lot of ...

Her African American colleagues at NASA’s Langley Research Center in Virginia – Christine Darden, Katherine Johnson and Dorothy Vaughan – were also honored with the medal.

Darden retired from NASA in 2007 after a 40-year career. She was featured in Margot Lee Shetterly ’s 2016 book Hidden Figures, alongside Katherine Johnson, Dorothy Vaughan and Mary Jackson — three ...