The Women Who Brought Us the Moon | American Experience | PBS Thousands of women began their careers at NASA as computers, before the advent of electronic machines. A diverse and potent force in space exploration, their calculations were ultimately responsible f...

Women calculated Apollo trajectories while segregated, underpaid, denied titles. Katherine Johnson, Margaret Hamilton, Annie Easley, Sue Finley—thousands made moon landing possible. Hidden figures aren't hidden because absent; power decides who counts. #HiddenFigures #SankofaHistory

Sharon/Begin invaded Lebanon '82 not for security but to crush PLO—the last barrier to annexing West Bank/Gaza. Goal: complete Zionism's colonial task, a Jewish state in all Palestine. They didn't invade to protect borders; they invaded to erase a future. #SettlerColonialism #SankofaHistory

Hizballah's founders fought with PLO in '82, stayed after evacuation, witnessed Sabra/Shatila massacres. US Embassy, Marine barracks, AUB president Kerr—victims of "perceived collusion" with Israeli occupier. Blowback is not mystery—it is memory. #ImperialBlowback #SankofaHistory

1982 Lebanon war: birthed Hizballah, escalated civil war, marked first US intervention since '58 + Israel's only regime-change attempt. They invaded to eliminate a threat; they created a legacy. Empire's "firsts" are the colonized's lasting wounds. #SankofaHistory #InterventionBlueprint