Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - MSNBC - 20180220:00:54:00
>> hidden figures. >> hidden figures at nassau. and the lead was katherine johnson who graduated from college at 18, was a mathematical genius, and was put in a job to actually check the ibm computer's accuracy to send john glenn up and make sure he got back alive. she ran into every barrier that african americans and run into in the workplace, some even today. greatly underpaid. but she ended up getting through the system, surviving, and showing what she was really about. i just thought it was an incredibly inspiring story. >> i think you agree with president obama. he gave her the award too....
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