Excerpt from the Hidden Figures audiobook. Written by Margot Lee Shetterly, read by Robin Miles.
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“But they didn’t listen to those doubters. You understand? They did not listen to the haters – because they’re always out there – they’re out there even today.”
~First Lady Michelle Obama on the West Computers
NASA was barrier-breaking for the civil rights movement. In employing African-American women to code and build rockets for the Space Race, they both supplied jobs to an underemployed class and became a leading power in space. Despite severe barriers, the West Area Computers served as a first step into diversifying the sciences.