But first, he insisted that Katherine Johnson double-check the electronic ... part of the West Virginia State College, a historically black college, and so she did her college there, taking ...

LEWISBURG, WV (WVNS) – Katherine ... Johnson became a school teacher in Marion, Virginia. After having her three daughters, a ...

Katherine Johnson, born in 1918, loved maths and excelled at a young age. Her town did not have a high school for Black children, but despite racial segregation laws, she persevered and even ...

Katherine Johnson, a ground-breaking black NASA mathematician whose life was portrayed in the movie "Hidden Figures," died on Monday aged 101, the space agency said. Johnson's calculations helped ...