Catalog Search Results
Author
Language
English
Appears on these lists
Netflix Bookmarks - Celebrating Black Voices series
Social Justice Reading List by BCALA & ALSC (PreK-Gr. 8)
Women's History - Tweens
Social Justice Reading List by BCALA & ALSC (PreK-Gr. 8)
Women's History - Tweens
Formats
Description
Before John Glenn orbited the Earth or Neil Armstrong walked on the moon, a group of professionals worked as "Human Computers," calculating the flight paths that would enable these historic achievements. Among these were a coterie of bright, talented African-American women. Segregated from their white counterparts by Jim Crow laws, these "colored computers," as they were known, used slide rules, adding machines, and pencil and paper to support America's...
Didn't find it?
Can't find what you are looking for? Try our Materials Request Service. Submit Request