When one of the engineers suggests that Mary might want to be certified as an engineer, she learns that she must take night courses held at the white high school in order to do so. The US Supreme Court case of Brown v. Board of Education had declared that segregated school facilities were inherently unequal. Why does Mary still have to go to court to be admitted to her classes? How does she present her case to the judge? Why does he decide in her favor? How do her classmates and teacher react to her entrance? 4. Symbols are often used to make significant points in a film. How do the following repeated symbols help to tell the story? A) Coffee B) The restroom/bathroom C) the pearls 5. Mary Jackson, Dorothy Vaughan, and Katherine Johnson certainly deserve recognition as major figures in the history of space science. Do their stories still carry meaning for today’s young women? Can they help today’s young women as exemplars and role models? What can they teach us now?
When one of the engineers suggests that Mary might want to be certified as an engineer,…
When one of the engineers suggests that Mary might want to be certified as an engineer, she learns that she must take night courses held at the white high school in order to do...
