Creola Katherine Johnson (née Coleman; August 26, 1918 – February 24, 2020) was an American mathematician whose calculations of orbital mechanics as a...
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Shetterly about three female African-American mathematicians: Katherine Goble Johnson (Taraji P. Henson), Dorothy Vaughan (Octavia Spencer), and Mary...
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for Best Supporting Actress. In 2016, she portrayed mathematician Katherine Johnson in Hidden Figures. She has also acted in Baby Boy (2001), The Karate...
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Crump Johnson (born January 25, 1949) is an American billionaire businesswoman, co-founder of BET, and CEO of Salamander Hotels and Resorts. Johnson is a...
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Dorothy Vaughan (redirect from Dorothy Jean Johnson Vaughan)
other concepts to prepare them for the transition. Mathematician Katherine Johnson was initially assigned to Vaughan's group, before being transferred...
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lesser-known history of NASA. The biographical text follows the lives of Katherine Johnson, Dorothy Vaughan, and Mary Jackson, three mathematicians who worked...
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facility was renamed to the Katherine Johnson Independent Verification and Validation Facility in honor of Katherine Johnson, an African-American woman...
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Katherine B. Johnson (born March 26, 1981) served as the personal secretary to United States President Barack Obama from 2009 to 2011. Johnson grew up...
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Katherine Louisa Ryan (born June 1983) is a Canadian comedian, writer, presenter, actress and singer. She has appeared on British TV and radio panel shows...
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In 2012, Smith returned to television with the role of First Lady Katherine Johnson in the syndicated sitcom, The First Family. In 2014, Smith was cast...
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Cygnus NG-15 (redirect from Spaceship Katherine Johnson)
start of Black History Month, Northrop Grumman announced the name of Katherine Johnson, NASA mathematician, as the name of the Cygnus spacecraft. Once its...
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research in geophysics, astrophysics, astronomy and meteorology. The Katherine Johnson Independent Verification and Validation Facility (IV&V) in Fairmont...
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Figures Way in honor of some of NASA's black women mathematicians, Katherine Johnson, Dorothy Vaughan, and Mary W. Jackson, who were the central characters...
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Muhammad, Bindi Irwin, Amelia Earhart, Misty Copeland, Helene Darroze, Katherine Johnson, Sara Gama, Martyna Wojciechowska, Gabby Douglas, Guan Xiaotong, Ava...
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Katherine "Kathy" Johnson Clarke (born Katherine Ann Johnson; September 13, 1959) is an American sports commentator and former artistic gymnast. Johnson...
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Goddard Institute for Space Studies at Columbia University, and the Katherine Johnson Independent Verification and Validation Facility in West Virginia...
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dramatic thriller, alongside Cassady McClincy, Dempsey Bryk, and Royce Johnson. Golding, Shenequa (August 2, 2016). "'Power' Sneak Peak[sic]: Holly Offers...
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(scientist), planetary scientist Kathryn Magnolia Johnson (1878–1954), educator and political activist Katherine Johnson (1918–2020), American physicist, space scientist...
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2018). "Barbie unveils dolls based on Amelia Earhart, Frida Kahlo, Katherine Johnson and Chloe Kim". CNN. Archived from the original on March 23, 2018...
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Maya Angelou (redirect from Marguerite Annie Johnson)
Maya Angelou (/ˈændʒəloʊ/ AN-jə-loh; born Marguerite Annie Johnson; April 4, 1928 – May 28, 2014) was an American memoirist, poet, and civil rights activist...
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appear in the film were lead actors Ole Olsen and Chic Johnson, Katherine Johnson (Mrs. Chic Johnson, as the woman perpetually yelling for "Oscar"), and...
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Katie Couric (redirect from Katherine Couric)
Katherine Anne Couric (/ˈkɜːrɪk/ KURR-ik; born January 7, 1957) is an American journalist and presenter. She is founder of Katie Couric Media, a multimedia...
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Katharine Graham (redirect from Katherine Meyer Graham)
advocacy of cultural and civic endeavors. At the University of Chicago, Katherine Graham has a dormhouse in Max Palevsky Residential Commons named after...
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(link) Bremer, Susan (2006), "The grind", in Egan, Danielle; Frank, Katherine; Johnson, Merri (eds.), Flesh for fantasy: producing and consuming exotic dance...
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The 2016 film Hidden Figures recounts the NASA careers of Jackson, Katherine Johnson, and Dorothy Vaughan working on Project Mercury during the Space Race...
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National Garden of American Heroes (redirect from Statue of Katherine Johnson)
Robert H. Jackson Mary Jackson John Jay Thomas Jefferson* Steve Jobs Katherine Johnson Barbara Jordan Chief Joseph Elia Kazan Helen Keller John F. Kennedy...
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in the same category. In 2016, she starred as NASA mathematician Katherine Johnson in the biographical drama Hidden Figures, which won her a MTV Movie...
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from the original on December 8, 2012. Retrieved March 8, 2008. Wilkie, Katherine E. (1969). Helen Keller: Handicapped Girl. Atheneum. ISBN 978-0-672-50076-3...
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Fan Chung. Hidden Figures (2016) – African-American mathematicians Katherine Johnson, Dorothy Vaughan, and Mary Jackson are featured in this film about...
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Victoria Jackson Mary Jacobi Frances Wisebart Jacobs Mae Jemison Katherine Johnson Barbara Rose Johns Mary Harris Jones Barbara Jordan Helen Keller Leontine...
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