Dorothy J. Vaughan was the first Black supervisor at NASA Langley’s West Computing group, who taught herself coding and led her team into the computer age, her pioneering work in mathematics and computing served as an extraordinary example of intellectual leadership and breaking racial barriers for Hampton’s students.
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Miriam D. Mann was one of the earliest Black “human computers” at NASA Langley, known for her research and fight against segregation, her pioneering spirit and dedication to scientific work, in the face of systemic barriers, served as a powerful example of resilience for Hampton’s students.
Katherine G. Johnson was a pioneering NASA “human computer” whose mathematical brilliance calculated trajectories for early space flights, her groundbreaking work at NASA Langley, not far from Hampton, served as an extraordinary example of intellectual achievement and breaking racial and gender barriers for Hampton’s students.
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