Black History Month 2019 #4 - NASA's West Area Computers (Women in Mathematics) [View all]

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When I first saw Hidden Figures, I figured that NASA was a progressive organization at the forefront of integration. Nothing could be further from the truth. Many of NASA's centers were in the deep South. Florida, Alabama, Texas. And they did NOT want to integrate. Not only did they claim that there were no blacks who could excel in the sciences, they also refused to hire in the non-technical areas. So, the few African-Americans who made it into NASA were beyond stellar. They were amazing.

I’m going to break the “NASA report” into three sections. First I’ll cover the West Area Computers. Then 10 trailblazers of the 1970’s, then our black astronauts.

And now: The West Area Computers.




https://laurenkfoster.wordpress.com/2019/02/08/black-history-month-2019-4-the-west-area-computers/