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The ladies of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Incorporated, Delta Omega Omega and Alpha Rho Chapters are excited about hosting AKA Day at the Movies, located at the Pines Mall Movie Theater, 6:00 pm Saturday, January 14, 2017. This event is a salute to the movie Hidden Figures. Hidden Figures recounts the untold story of three brilliant African- American women working at NASA---Katherine Johnson portrayed by Taraji P. Henson, Dorothy Vaughan (1910-2008)portrayed by Octavia Benjamin, and Mary Jackson (1921-2005)portrayed by Janelle Monae, all of whom are members of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Incorporated. These ladies were the mathematical brains behind the launch at NASA of astronaut John Glenn into orbit as they worked in the segregated section

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