I didn't realize, though I should have, that this was set in your back yard. That must have made it even more compelling.
And yes, I was born only a couple of years before you, and certainly remember that historic flight. And was a bit of a space geek, frankly. But had no clue at all about all of this in the background.
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What was hidden from me for all those years was the stories of the black female computers at NASA.
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Less pleasant were the reminders of the rampant racism of the region; a racism that may have modified its outer form to become more covert but unfortunately still persists.
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And persists in areas beyond the region too. But I thought the book did a decent job of focusing on the hidden figures of the title without either justifying on the one hand, or turning into a diatribe on the other.
I'm glad you enjoyed it, Tom. I came at this first as a movie, and enjoyed the movie so much I had to buy the eBook/audio book pair. I went back and forth between the two. I'm sure at some point I'll do a re-read in pure eBook format. (It's easier to drill down into the details in an eBook than in an audiobook.)