(CNN) — “Hidden Figures” may be set during the space race of the early 1960’s, but its themes of hope and inclusion are as timely today as they were during the inception of the space program. The film ...

Katherine Johnson in Hidden Figures, Shug in Hustle & Flow, Shug Avery in The Color Purple. Whereas other actresses might’ve gone the stereotypical route, Henson made Shug a nuanced character full of ...

When you think of space travel, you probably think of names like Neil Armstrong, John Glenn, and Buzz Aldrin. But as the saying goes, behind every great man is an even greater woman—sometimes three.

Media are invited to NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida to participate in a news conference at 3 p.m. EST Monday, Dec. 12, with cast members from the 20th Century Fox motion picture Hidden Figures ...

The biographical comedy-drama took the trophy for outstanding performance by a cast in a motion picture. Theodore Melfi's movie, which recounts the story of African-American mathematicians who helped ...

NEW YORK (AP) — John Glenn, depicted in "Hidden Figures" as a space trailblazer who also gave critical support to pioneering black women at NASA who helped him orbit the earth, was fondly remembered ...

In the early 1960s, the space race was about to be won with the help of black female mathematicians and scientists at NASA. “Hidden Figures,” whose stellar cast is led by Taraji P. Henson as Katherine ...

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