Langley
Can Dorothy Vaughan talk about her job outside of Langley?
No, the Langley workers could get in trouble for sharing information.
Aeronautics
The study of flight
Which countries are involved in the Space Race?
The US and Russia
What is segregation?
This system of laws and practices enforced racial separation in the United States.
Which state is Langley located in?
Virginia
She took down the "colored" sign every day in the cafeteria.
Who is Miriam Mann?
"In Limbo" (Chapter 8)
The people there were in a state of transition after the war, unsure what was going to happen next.
Computers
This term describes laws that enforced segregation, especially in the South.
What are Jim Crow Laws?
In chapter 14, what does Mary Jackson do that shows "progress"
She attends an all-white school as an African-American woman
This discriminatory system at Langley separated workers by race.
What is SEGREGATION
Obsolete (chapter 16)
when an object, service, or practice is no longer maintained or required
Competition between the United States and the Soviet Union, to achieve superior spaceflight capability.
What is the Space Race?
These type of peaceful protests are described in chapter 20
What are sit-ins?
Why was Mary Jackson's son winning the soapbox derby such a big deal to the African-American community? (19)
It made African-Americans wonder what other successes could be possible for them?
Who is Yuri Gagarin?
Yuri Gagarin was the first person in space and the first person to orbit Earth
What does NASA stand for?
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
What was Mary Jackson's role at Langley?
Engineer
Final Brown v. Board decision
Ruled that U.S. state laws establishing racial segregation in public schools VIOLATE the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment, even if the segregated facilities are equal in quality.
Who is the astronaut that trusted Katherine Johnson the most?
John Glenn
How much did NASA's Appollo missions cost?
$24 billion
A Russian satellite.
Segregated unit where the African-American computers stayed.
West Area Computing Center
This man was a Virginia State governor who was in support of racial segregation (8)
Harry Byrd
This type of computer began to replace the human computers toward the end of the book
IBM Computer