Topic: hidden figures

A member of the U.S. Capitol Police carries a Congressional Gold Medal for Katherine Johnson during a ceremony on Capitol Hill on September 18, 2024 in Washington, DC. The Congressional Gold Medal was presented to family members of Katherine Johnson, Dorothy Vaughan, Mary Jackson, and Christine Darden, as well as a medal to all the "women mathematicians, engineers, and 'human computers' in the U.S space program from the 1930s to the 1970s," often referred to as the "hidden figures" of the space race. (Photo by Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)

Congress honors NASA's Hidden Figures

Griffin Eckstein
Janelle Monae, from left, Taraji P. Henson, and Octavia Spencer pose with Katherine Johnson, seated, backstage at the Oscars on Sunday, Feb. 26, 2017, at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles. (Matt Sayles/Invision/AP)

7 lessons from Katherine Johnson's life

Della Dumbaugh - The Conversation
Hidden Figures (20th Century Fox)

Movies still short minorites

Alessandra Maldonado
82nd Annual Academy Awards (Getty/Andrew H. Walker)

inclusion at the Oscars

Alli Joseph
Mahershala Ali and Alex R. Hibbert in "Moonlight" (A24)

Academy Awards 2017

Max Cea
Toni Erdmann (Sony Pictures)

This year's great Oscar film

Andrew O'Hehir
James Baldwin in "I am not your negro" (Magnolia Pictures/Dan Budnik)

James Baldwin's history lesson

Andrew O'Hehir
(Getty/Matt Winkelmeyer)

Academy Award nominees

Gary Kramer
La La Land (Summit Entertainment)

2017 Oscar nominations

Jeremy Binckes, Video produced by Kevin Carlin
Hidden Figures (20th Century Fox)

Behind the scenes

Mary Elizabeth Williams
Hidden Figures (20th Century Fox)

Separate is never equal

Nico Lang
Attorney General nominee Sen. Jeff Sessions, R-Ala., smiles while greeting the press with Sen. Charles Grassley, R-Iowa, Chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, on Capitol Hill Tuesday, Nov. 29, 2016 in Washington. (AP Photo/Molly Riley) (AP)

Bill Moyers - BillMoyers.com
Michael Keaton presents during the 74th Annual Golden Globe Awards show in Beverly Hills, California, U.S., January 8, 2017. (Reuters/Paul Drinkwater)

"Hidden Fences" gaffes

D. Watkins