Hidden Figures
Location
McWhorter 110
Presentation Type
Event
Start Date
12-9-2019 7:00 PM
Description
“One small step for man, one giant leap for mankind”…looking at the pictures from the Apollo missions, one could be forgiven for thinking those words were literally true as well—it was all about men, and white men at that. This film, based on Margot Shetterly’s non-fiction book, reminds viewers of the degree to which that wasn’t true: behind the scene, women “computers” did the math without which NASA would never have made it to the moon. This film, however, focuses on the discrimination faced by the African American women who played a vital role in that mission, especially Katherine Goble who, through her work with NASA would go on to be awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom. Discussion to follow.
Recommended Citation
Burgess, Wyeth and Pinter, Mike, "Hidden Figures" (2019). Humanities Symposium. 4.
https://repository.belmont.edu/humanities_symposium/2019/ff2019/4
Hidden Figures
McWhorter 110
“One small step for man, one giant leap for mankind”…looking at the pictures from the Apollo missions, one could be forgiven for thinking those words were literally true as well—it was all about men, and white men at that. This film, based on Margot Shetterly’s non-fiction book, reminds viewers of the degree to which that wasn’t true: behind the scene, women “computers” did the math without which NASA would never have made it to the moon. This film, however, focuses on the discrimination faced by the African American women who played a vital role in that mission, especially Katherine Goble who, through her work with NASA would go on to be awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom. Discussion to follow.
Comments
Convocation Credit: Global Citizenship, Leadership, Diversity, the Professions