On today’s episode of 28 Days of Black Excellence we feature famous mathematician Katherine Johnson, whose mathematical calculations helped send Apollo 11 to the moon. Our musical pairing is “I Got a Robe,” a traditional Negro Spiritual.
Katherine Johnson (1918-2020)
Notable Achievements: Presidential Medal of Freedom, Silver Snoopy award, NASA Group Achievement Award, Congressional Gold Medal
Learn More
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E4j_LpKzcZQ
- https://www.nasa.gov/audience/forstudents/k-4/stories/nasa-knows/who-was-katherine-johnson-k4
- https://www.nytimes.com/2020/02/24/science/katherine-johnson-dead.html
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