02994cim a2200409 i 4500 503954405 TxAuBib 20210617120000.0 d 210324s2021||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 9781665078085 1665078081 9780063090743 13897256 (OCoLC)1244277263 TxAuBib rda Johnson, Katherine G. My remarkable journey : a memoir / Katherine Johnson with Joylette Hylick and Katherine Moore. Unabridged. [United States] : Harper Collins Publishers, [2021] ℗2021. 6 audio discs (7 hrs., 45 min.) ; 4 3/4 in. spw rdacontent s rdamedia sd rdacarrier Compact discs. Read by Robin Miles. In 2015, at the age of 97, Katherine Johnson became a global celebrity. President Barack Obama awarded her the prestigious Presidential Medal of Freedom—the nation’s highest civilian honor—for her pioneering work as a mathematician on NASA’s first flights into space. Her contributions to America’s space program were celebrated in a blockbuster and Academy-award nominated movie. In this memoir, Katherine shares her personal journey from child prodigy in the Allegheny Mountains of West Virginia to NASA human computer. In her life after retirement, she served as a beacon of light for her family and community alike. Her story is centered around the basic tenets of her life—no one is better than you, education is paramount, and asking questions can break barriers. The memoir captures the many facets of this unique woman: the curious “daddy’s girl,” pioneering professional, and sage elder. This multidimensional portrait is also the record of a century of racial history that reveals the influential role educators at segregated schools and Historically Black Colleges and Universities played in nurturing the dreams of trailblazers like Katherine. The author pays homage to her mentor—the African American professor who inspired her to become a research mathematician despite having his own dream crushed by racism. Infused with the uplifting wisdom of a woman who handled great fame with genuine humility and great tragedy with enduring hope, My Remarkable Journey ultimately brings into focus a determined woman who navigated tough racial terrain with soft-spoken grace—and the unrelenting grit required to make history and inspire future generations. 20210920. Johnson, Katherine G. United States National Aeronautics and Space Administration Officials and employees. African American women mathematicians Biography. Audiobooks. Biographies. Hylick, Joylette. Moore, Katherine.