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African American Mathematician Katherine Johnson Dies at Age of 101
Kelli Dolan
In very happenstantial timing, mathematician Katherine Johnson has died at the age of 101 in the midst of Black History Month. Katherine Johnson was an African American woman who, through her mathematical work, helped make It possible for the first American astronaut to successfully orbit the Earth back in 1962. She was one of many incredible African American women to work for NASA, all of ... ...more