The story is huge: A team of African American female mathematicians helped put mankind on the moon in the midst of the civil rights movement, but their giant leap of a story went largely untold.
“Hidden Figures” is the number one New York Times bestselling book that chronicles their journey — now a hit movie that garnered Oscar buzz before it even hit theaters — and author Margot Lee Shetterly is coming to the Clinton Center to talk about it.
Shetterly will present “Hidden Figures: The American Dream and the Untold Story of the Black Women Mathematicians Who Helped Win the Space Race” as part of the Clinton School of Public Service‘s Frank and Kula Kumpuris Distinguished Lecture Series on Thursday, March 23 at 6 p.m. in the Clinton Presidential Center Great Hall.
Guests will hear all about the “human computers” behind the scenes, and will have the opportunity to stay after the presentation for a book signing with Shetterly.
Learn more about the program on the Clinton School’s website, and you can reserve your seat by emailing kumpurislecture@clintonschool.uasys.edu or calling (501) 683-5239. If you can’t attend, you can watch a livestream of the program here.