![]() ![]() We are honored to feature Margot Lee Shetterly on Day 12 of 28 Days Later…and we thank her for bringing this essential piece of our collective history to glorious light. It too, of course, became a NYT bestseller. In November 2016, HarperCollins released the Young Readers’ version of Hidden Figures for middle grade readers. The book pays homage to four trailblazing African American human computers–Dorothy Vaughan, Mary Jackson, Katherine Johnson and Christine Darden–who served as an integral part of NASA/NACA at the height of the Space Race between America and Russia. Henson, Octavia Spencer, and Janelle Monae, was based on her New York Times bestselling book, Hidden Figures: The American Dream and the Untold Story of the Black Women Mathematicians Who Helped Win the Space Race (William Morrow/HC, September 2016). Hidden Figures, the $125 million-grossing movie starring Taraji P. The world knows Margot Lee Shetterly‘s work. ![]()
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