Hidden figures : the true story of four black women and the space race /
by Margot Lee Shetterly with Winifred Conkling ; illustrated by Laura Freeman.
- New York, NY : Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2018]
- 1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 29 cm.
Explores the previously uncelebrated but pivotal contributions of NASA's African American women mathematicians to America's space program, describing how Jim Crow laws segregated them despite their groundbreaking successes.
9780062742469 0062742469
2017942901
United States. National Aeronautics and Space Administration --Officials and employees--Biography--Juvenile literature.
Women mathematicians--United States--Biography--Juvenile literature. African American women--Biography--Juvenile literature. Space race.