The phenomenal true story of the black female mathematicians at NASA whose calculations helped fuel some of Americas greatest achievements in space. Soon to be a major motion picture starring Taraji P. Henson Octavia Spencer Janelle Monae Kirsten Dunst and Kevin Costner.
Before John Glenn orbited the earth or Neil Armstrong walked on the moon a group of dedicated female mathematicians known as human computers used pencils slide rules and adding machines to calculate the numbers that would launch rockets and astronauts into space.
Among these problem-solvers were a group of exceptionally talented African American women some of the brightest minds of their generation. Originally relegated to teaching math in the Souths segregated public schools they were called into service during the labor shortages of World War II when Americas aeronautics industry was in dire need of anyone who had the right stuff. Suddenly these overlooked math whizzes had a shot at jobs worthy of their skills and they answered Uncle Sams call moving to Hampton Virginia and the fascinating high-energy world of the Langley Memorial Aeronautical Laboratory.
Even as Virginia??s Jim Crow laws required them to be segregated from their whit