U.S. Black Engineer Information Technology & NASA News

The U.S. Black Engineer Information Technology magazine, sponsor of the annual Black Engineer of the Year Award (BEYA) and Women of Color Conferences, has posted an article regarding NASA’s decision to name its Headquarters building after the Agency’s first Black female Engineer, Mary W. Jackson. Ms. Jackson’s accomplishments are celebrated in Margot Lee Shetterly’s book, Hidden Figures: The American Dream and the Untold Story of the Black Women Mathematicians Who Helped Win the Space Race, and the movie that followed.