Rest In Power: ‘Hidden Figures’ Katherine Johnson Dead At 101 - Page 3
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According to the New York Times, In 2015, President Barack Obama awarded her the Presidential Medal of Freedom, proclaiming, “Katherine G. Johnson refused to be limited by society’s expectations of her gender and race while expanding the boundaries of humanity’s reach.” Also, in 2017, NASA dedicated a building in her honor, the Katherine G. Johnson Computational Research Facility, at its Langley Research Center in Hampton, Virginia.
Despite how revolutionary and pioneering her work was, Johnson was always humble, the Times reported.“NASA was a very professional organization,” Mrs. Johnson told The Observer of Fayetteville, N.C., in 2010. “They didn’t have time to be concerned about what color I was.”
“I don’t have a feeling of inferiority…Never had. I’m as good as anybody, but no better.”
Of news of her death, many took to social media to pay their condolences and honor this American icon. Rest in Power Katherine. You will be missed:
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