Beginning in 1958 and continuing until about 1968, the United States was experiencing a social movement aimed at ending the racial segregation and discrimination of blacks known as the Civil Rights Movement. Influential black Americans such as Martin Luther King Jr., Rosa Parks, and Malcom X, just to name a few, began to stand up for and fight for the rights of blacks in American, and their struggle and often deaths shows just how severe this issue was. Much of the country’s attention was focused on this issue, but in the NASA headquarters, they had other priorities; in 1957 the USSR, who was not only the US’s competitor in the cold war, but also for technology, launched the first satellite into space. The successful launch and return of this satellite, called the Sputnik, was a feat accomplished by no other country and effectively started the space race between the US and USSR.
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These women were extraordinary in their perseverance and intelligence, but while Hidden Figures never claims to be a documentary, the question of whether or not it is historically accurate is called into question.
These women were extraordinary in their perseverance and intelligence, but while Hidden Figures never claims to be a documentary, the question of whether or not it is historically accurate is called into question.