Politics Sep 18 WATCH: Congressional Gold Medal Ceremony for ‘Hidden Figures’ and other women contributors to NASA By Adithi Ramakrishnan, Associated Press
Nation Feb 26 WATCH: NASA names D.C. headquarters for ‘Hidden Figures’ engineer NASA on Friday is named its Washington headquarters after Mary W. Jackson, the space agency's first African American female engineer whose story was portrayed in the popular film "Hidden Figures."… By Associated Press
Science Jun 25 NASA names D.C. headquarters for ‘Hidden Figures’ engineer, Mary Jackson NASA is naming its headquarters in Washington after the space agency's first African American female engineer. By Associated Press
Science Feb 24 WATCH: NASA mathematician Katherine Johnson, celebrated in ‘Hidden Figures,’ dead at 101 Johnson was one of the so-called “computers” who calculated rocket trajectories and earth orbits by hand during NASA’s early years.
Nation Mar 01 New Lego set to celebrate NASA’s women pioneers Five women pioneers of NASA are becoming Lego characters. Computer scientist Margaret Hamilton, mathematician Katherine Johnson, astronomer Nancy Grace Roman and astronauts Sally Ride, the first woman in space, and Mae Jemison, the first African-American woman in space, are… By Alison Thoet
Feb 26 At the Oscars, wins for ‘Moonlight’ and calls for art without borders By Corinne Segal “Moonlight” won Best Picture at the 89th Academy Awards in a ceremony in which presenters and award recipients pointed to the strength of diversity in the film industry. Continue reading
Feb 25 Film producers, designer on the importance of diversity behind the camera By Kamala Kelkar Wynn Thomas, Lisa Cortes and Sam Pollard discuss the role of African Americans in the film industry, two years of #OscarsSoWhite and how to improve representation. Continue reading
Jan 23 WATCH: La La Land sweeps as Oscar picks are announced By Elizabeth Flock Favorites for nominations this year include the breakout musical, "La La Land," the affecting drama, "Manchester by the Sea," and the coming-of-age film, "Moonlight," all three of which performed well in the Golden Globes. "Moonlight," which follows a boy as… Continue reading
Jan 05 Watch 8:27 ‘Hidden Figures’ brings NASA’s overlooked black pioneers to light By PBS NewsHour “Hidden Figures” is a story about reaching for the stars while fighting racial and gender barriers. The new movie follows the careers of three black women who worked at NASA’s Langley headquarters in Virginia during the 1950s and ‘60s to… Continue watching
Dec 23 ‘Hidden Figures’ and the journey to celebrate NASA’s black female pioneers By Nsikan Akpan The story behind how Hidden Figures went from biography to Hollywood, as told by the author, cast and crew. Continue reading