The real story behind Hidden Figures: NASA mathematician Katherine Johnson - whose career inspired the award-winning movie - lays bare her struggles with racism and sexism in eye-opening posthumous memoir
Johnson s posthumous memoir, My Remarkable Journey, was co-written by Joylette Hylick and Katherine Moore, two of her three daughters
In the book, she recounted how she went from a child prodigy in West Virginia to a NASA employee, detailing the struggles and fears she faced as a black woman
Johnson is remembered as a trailblazer who helped America dominate aeronautics, space research, and computer technology in NASA s early years
Some celebrities across the entertainment spectrum choose to fully humanize themselves in an effort to advocate for causes larger than any one of us. Here are 20 celebrities who put in work outside of their public-facing careers to advocate for mental health.