Episode 04: Hidden Heroes -- The Human Computers of NASA
Freedom's Promise
English - June 06, 2019 23:55 - 14 minutes - 20.5 MB - ★★★★★ - 6 ratingsHistory Education Courses 3rdgrade 4thgrade 5thgrade 6thgrade africanamerican duchessharris history k12 youth Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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Duchess Harris and her son Zach present the story of the black women "hidden human computers" of NASA. Duchess' own grandmother -- Zach's great grandmother -- Miriam Daniel Mann was one of these amazing women who made significant contributions to NASA from the 1940s to the 1960s. They connect their personal family story to the history of the "space race" and discuss the obstacles blacks -- especially women -- faced in achieving a math and science education.
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For more information about the Freedom's Promise books and the Duchess Harris Collection, visit http://www.abdobooks.com/duchess-harris-collection For more information about Duchess Harris, visit http://www.duchessharris.com/ "Whitey on the Moon" originally appeared on Gill Scott Heron's album Small Talk at 125th and Lenox, 1970, (c) The Flying Dutchman Productions, Ltd. Full video of Nichelle Nichols' promotional film for NASA available on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lca9_EDMcX0 To request a text-document transcription of this episode, email [email protected]Freedom's Promise, podcast and radio series credits
Duchess Harris: Writer and host Zach Thomas: Co-host Barry Madore, Fire on the Bluff Productions: Producer, recording engineer, editor Opening and closing music: “Black cat Funky” by reusenoise — http://dig.ccmixter.org/files/reusenoise/56513 — (c) copyright 2017 Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Noncommercial (3.0) license Freedom's Promise Show page: http://freedomspromise.libsyn.com