Time Period She Lived In
He was an extremely famous civil rights activist and died on April 4, 1968.
Who was Dr. Martin Luther King Jr?
Katherine Johnson did well in her division, even though she was separated by these two barriers.
What is the gender barrier and the racial barrier?
She was this age when she graduated high school.
What is 14?
Katherine Johnson's age at death.
Double points: Katherine Johnson was born on this day and she died on this day.
What is 101------1918 to 2020?
This major event in US history went on for all of Johnson's time as a young adult. This event also especially affected African Americans before the rest of society.
Johnson was excluded from this despite it being her work.
Katherine Johnson was at this age when she graduated 8th grade.
What is 10?
Katherine Johnson and the other African-American ladies who worked at NASA are recognized in this film.
What is Hidden Figures?
She was the first African-American woman elected to Congress on January 21, 1969.
Who was Shirley Chisholm?
She was expected to do this without asking any questions.
What is work?
This caused the NACA to take down all “white” vs. “colored” bathrooms and dining facilities when they switched to NASA.
What is Katherine Goble Johnson using the white women's bathroom?
This court ruling let Johnson integrate into West Virginia University. Hint: We learned about this in History class
What is Brown v. Board of Education?
He was the first African American Man to win the U.S. Open in 1968.
Who was Arthur Ashe?
Katherine Johnson went to this Graduate School along with two African Americans.
Where is West Virginia University?
She was this old when she finished college at WVU.
What is 18?
Katherine Johnson earned this medal from Barack Obama.
What is the Presidential Medal of Freedom?
"GO BIG OR GO HOME" QUESTION(1000 points)
She was the first African-American to win the U.S. Open in 1958.
Who was Althea Gibson?
Katherine Johnson protested by using this as one of her methods.
What is going to the white women's bathroom?
During her time she wrote/co-wrote this many research reports.
What are 26 research reports?
Katherine Johnson helped plan the path for this person’s flight (“Friendship 7”).
Who was John Glenn?