With the selection of Hidden Figures as the One Book choice for this Academic Year, we wanted to feature other people in history that were forgotten. This page will serve as a way to emphasize those ...

As the United States raced against Russia to put a man in space, NASA found untapped talent in a group of African-American female mathematicians that served as the brains behind one of the ...

Due to the film's focus on the power and impact of the Black women who served the United States of America during times of war and trouble, many have compared the recent film to the massively ...

Although they may never completely shed the label, the women who worked for NASA as human computers during the space race are no longer "hidden figures," and they now have a medal to prove it.

The street outside Nasa's headquarters has been named "Hidden Figures Way", in honour of three African-American women whose work helped pave the way for future generations at the space agency.

She was portrayed in the 2016 Oscar-nominated film Hidden Figures. The film tells the story of African-American women whose maths skills helped put US astronaut John Glenn into orbit around the ...