Despite facing segregation and discrimination, these incredible African American women, also know as the 'human computers' are proof that passion, determination, and believing in yourself can truly change the world.

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This is the most beautiful thing I have seen in media, do more of this Hollywood. It Brought tears to my eyes.😭
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How did Taraji P. Henson not get an Oscar nomination for this scene in the 2016 film Hidden Figures? 🏆

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It's Friday and time for trivia! 🤓 We love to honor the pioneers! Answer in the comments for a chance at a prize. 👇

🎉 Cheers to last week's trivia champ on LinkedIn, Josh Hoskins!

Last week's answer: Ken Thompson

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This photo from 1964 shows a human computer with an electronic computer. The woman is Melba Roy who headed the computer group tracking the Echo satellites at the time. #nasa #jpl #echosatellites #computers #humancomputers #melbaroy

This undated photo (probably from the 1950s) shows human computers at work in the Jet Propulsion Laboratory at NASA with adding machines on their desks. #nasa #jpl #computers #humancomputers

Searching for the introduction of computers to the workplace led me into the history of "human computers". This 1953 photo NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory's human computer team including Janez Lawson, the first African-American hired into this role. #nasa #computers #humancomputers #jpl

Dorothy Vaughan is one of the women featured in Margot Lee Shetterly‘s history Hidden Figures: The Story of the African-American Women Who Helped Win the Space Race (2016). Hidden Figures was adapted as a biographical film of the same name (2016).

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A black and white photograph of Dorothy Vaughan with dark hair pulled back, wearing a dark jacket over a light-colored, patterned shirt. The background is plain and light-colored.

Dorothy Vaughan was an American mathematician who worked for the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics and later NASA. In 1949, she was the first African-American woman to receive a promotion and supervise a group of staff at the center.

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