Never miss another Facebook post from 8News Find 8News on Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram send your news tips to. Authors Margot Lee Shetterly and Coretta Scott King bring the incredibly inspiring true story of four black women who helped NASA launch men into space to. She also wishes that personalization be kept to a minimum so everyone who attends the event will be accommodated.įor more information on this event, call the Hampton History Museum at (757) 727-6824. Henson, Octavia Spencer, and Janelle Monáe as black scientists at NASA in the sixties. Due to the author’s request, no posed pictures will be taken. Richard Brody on Hidden Figures, starring Taraji P. Those who attend will be able to purchase the book in various styles.īe sure to arrive early if you are interested in the event. until Noon, at the Hampton History Museum at 120 Old Hampton Lane. The book signing will be held from 10 a.m. The book was later adapted into the film “Hidden Figures,” which was nominated for Best Picture at the 2017 Oscars. The most inspirational lesson author Margot Lee Shetterly learned in writing her book Hidden Figures came from the father of NASA’s Katherine Johnson, who told his daughter, You are no better than anyone else, and no one is better than you.

Shetterly wrote the novel “Hidden Figures: The American Dream and the Untold Story of the Black Women Mathematicians Who Helped Win the Space Race.”

(WVEC) - ‘Hidden Figures’ author Margot Lee Shetterly will be signing books at the Hampton History Museum Wednesday.

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