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Want to learn more about Katherine Johnson? Check out these resources:

NASA Video Clip: Katherine Johnson - The Girl Who Loved to Count

Movie: Outlier: The Story of Katherine Johnson

Movie: Hidden Figures

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She played a key role in Nasa's Mercury Program

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She played a key role in Nasa's Mercury Program

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She also calculated the path for Freedom 7.

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She figured out the paths for the spacecraft to orbit (go around) Earth and to land on the Moon.

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She figured out the paths for the spacecraft to orbit (go around) Earth and to land on the Moon.

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She was known for her ability to do complicated manual calculations, and graduated college at 18. 

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She was known for her ability to do complicated manual calculations, and graduated college at 18. 

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Known for working at NASA and pioneering the use of computers to calculate complicated calculations

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She says her greatest accomplishment was her  calculations that helped sync Project Apollo.

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She says her greatest accomplishment was her  calculations that helped sync Project Apollo.

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she had a 35 year career at NASA

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she earned a repuation for mastering complex math equations

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she earned a repuation for mastering complex math equations

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She lived to be 101 years old and died last February

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She lived to be 101 years old and died last February

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she was awarded the presidential medal of freedom

worked at NASA for 3 decades
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her calculations of orbital mechanics as a NASA employee were critical to the success of the first US space flights

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her calculations of orbital mechanics as a NASA employee were critical to the success of the first US space flights

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she was a mathematician and calculated multiple flight paths at NASA

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she was a mathematician and calculated multiple flight paths at NASA

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Helped Send John Glenn into orbit and worked for Nasa. She was also awarded the presidential medal of freedom

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Helped Send John Glenn into orbit and worked for Nasa. She was also awarded the presidential medal of freedom

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By age 10 she was taking high school classes

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she calculated the trajectory for Apollo 11

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she calculated the trajectory for Apollo 11

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She received the presidential medal of freedom 

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She received the presidential medal of freedom 

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Went to high school at age 10 and received the presidential medal of freedom from Brock Obama. American mathematician whose calculations of orbital mechanics as a NASA employee

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Went to high school at age 10 and received the presidential medal of freedom from Brock Obama. American mathematician whose calculations of orbital mechanics as a NASA employee

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I like how she pioneered this way of thinking not only as a woman, but a black woman

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I like how she pioneered this way of thinking not only as a woman, but a black woman

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Check out these resources:

Watch: It Happened Here: Dr. Charles Drew

Read: Biography of Dr. Charles R. Drew

Read: Blood Program during World War II

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he was the director of the red cross blood bank

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His work with plasma saved lives in world war 2, found how to efficiently store and collect plasma

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His work with plasma saved lives in world war 2, found how to efficiently store and collect plasma

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He applied his knowledge of large-scale bloodbanks to World War 2, and thus saved many people. He tremendously aided in the development of blood storage, further saving more lives.

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He applied his knowledge of large-scale bloodbanks to World War 2, and thus saved many people. He tremendously aided in the development of blood storage, further saving more lives.

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He became a surgeon and Professor of Medicine at Freedmen's Hospital later in life

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He became a surgeon and Professor of Medicine at Freedmen's Hospital later in life

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Researched in blood transfusion field

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Oldest son of a carpet layer
Drew completed his bachelor's degree at Amherst College
in 1926

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Dr. Charles Drew realized that separating and freezing the component parts of blood would enable it to be safely reconstituted later.

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Dr. Charles Drew realized that separating and freezing the component parts of blood would enable it to be safely reconstituted later.

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He evaluated the quality of plasma transfusions. He helped to make advancements in the blood/plasma world.

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Researched and developed blood plasma and transfusion methods.

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Researched and developed blood plasma and transfusion methods.

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dr charles drew was known for his blood storage research

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dr charles drew was known for his blood storage research

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Dr. Charles studied blood transfusions as well as better ways to store blood

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Dr. Charles studied blood transfusions as well as better ways to store blood

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His work was important during World War II

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developed large scale blood banks during WWII

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he helped develop large scale blood banks during WWII

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he helped develop large scale blood banks during WWII

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helped develop larger scale blood banks in early WWII

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helped develop larger scale blood banks in early WWII

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An American surgeon and medical researcher. He researched in the field of blood transfusions, developing improved techniques for blood storage, and applied his expert knowledge to developing large-scale blood banks early in World War II.

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An American surgeon and medical researcher. He researched in the field of blood transfusions, developing improved techniques for blood storage, and applied his expert knowledge to developing large-scale blood banks early in World War II.

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He researched in the field of blood transfusions and developed improved techniques for blood storage. He also developed large-scale blood banks early in World War II.

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He researched in the field of blood transfusions and developed improved techniques for blood storage. He also developed large-scale blood banks early in World War II.

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Check out these resources:

Listen: StarTalk Radio Podcast

Watch: Cosmos Possible Worlds

Read: Books by Neil deGrasse Tyson

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His wife is Alice Young

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An American astrophysicist, planetary scientist, author, and science communicator

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An American astrophysicist, planetary scientist, author, and science communicator

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has a BA in physics, and a PHD in astrophysics

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He wrote the books "Merlin's Tour of the Universe" and "Just Visiting this Planet"

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He wrote the books "Merlin's Tour of the Universe" and "Just Visiting this Planet"

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He's written many popular books about astronomy

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He's written many popular books about astronomy

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born and raised in New York City

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he earned his BA in Physics from Harvard and his PhD in Astrophysics from Columbia

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he earned his BA in Physics from Harvard and his PhD in Astrophysics from Columbia

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Since 1996, he has been the Frederick P. Rose Director of the Hayden Planetarium at the Rose Center for Earth and Space in New York City.

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Since 1996, he has been the Frederick P. Rose Director of the Hayden Planetarium at the Rose Center for Earth and Space in New York City.

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Neil deGrasse Tyson did his undergraduate studies at Harvard University in physics

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Neil deGrasse Tyson did his undergraduate studies at Harvard University in physics

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He has done a lot of work in stellar evolution and cosmology.

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He has done a lot of work in stellar evolution and cosmology.

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He is the current director of the Hayden Planetarium, and one of his most famous works is Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey

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He is the current director of the Hayden Planetarium, and one of his most famous works is Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey

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She was an investigative journalist from the beginning of the civil rights era.

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She was an investigative journalist from the beginning of the civil rights era.

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ida b wells was an investigative journalist and a leader during the civil rights movement

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ida b wells was an investigative journalist and a leader during the civil rights movement

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a journalist int eh beginning of the civil rights era

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a journalist int eh beginning of the civil rights era

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she was also a founder of the NAACP

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American investigative journalist, educator, and early leader in the civil rights movement. She was one of the founders of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People.

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American investigative journalist, educator, and early leader in the civil rights movement. She was one of the founders of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People.

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African American journalist, abolitionist and feminist who led an anti-lynching crusade in the United States in the 1890s.

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African American journalist, abolitionist and feminist who led an anti-lynching crusade in the United States in the 1890s.

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she spoke out to convince black women to fight for anti-lynching laws

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One of the founders of the NAACP, and highly influential in her time.

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One of the founders of the NAACP, and highly influential in her time.

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She was one of the founders of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People

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She was one of the founders of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People

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journalist from a progressive era.

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She was born into slavery during the Civil War

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She was born into slavery during the Civil War

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In 1884 she filed a lawsuit against a train car company in Memphis for unfair treatment

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Read: This Day in History: Garrett Morgan patents the three-position traffic signal

Watch: This Man Risked His Life to Champion his Invention

Read: Biography of Garrett Morgan, Inventor of the Gas Mask

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African-American inventor, businessman, and community leader. His most notable inventions were a three-position traffic signal and a smoke hood notably used in a 1916 tunnel construction disaster rescue.

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African-American inventor, businessman, and community leader. His most notable inventions were a three-position traffic signal and a smoke hood notably used in a 1916 tunnel construction disaster rescue.

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both of his parents were enslaved

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he created the three position traffic signal and the smoke hood

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he created the three position traffic signal and the smoke hood

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most known for the invention of the three position traffic signal

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most known for the invention of the three position traffic signal

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First Black person in Cleveland to own a car

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First Black person in Cleveland to own a car

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Invented the traffic signal, sold this invention to GE

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Read: Tackling Vaccine Hesitancy

Watch: Lecture on Vaccines

Watch: Kizzmekia explains how the COVID vaccine works

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She helped develop the COVID-19 Vaccine, and also works to reduce vaccine hesitancy among minority communities. 

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She helped develop the COVID-19 Vaccine, and also works to reduce vaccine hesitancy among minority communities. 

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Is largely unknown in the science world.

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Is largely unknown in the science world.

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she is only 35 years old

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is a major influence to many young girls of all races

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is a major influence to many young girls of all races

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American viral immunologist at the Vaccine Research Center at the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases,

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American viral immunologist at the Vaccine Research Center at the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases,

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Is a scientific lead on the coronavirus vaccine

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Is a scientific lead on the coronavirus vaccine

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contributed to developing a vaccine for Covid

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contributed to developing a vaccine for Covid

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An American Vial Immunologist

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she is a Stem major and pat of the 2% that graduated