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Last nite at the Oscars, the real Katherine Johnson came on stage with the 3 ladies. What a wonderful country we can be when we want to be.
Useless in FL
(329 posts)What a brilliant woman, so long denied recognition, gets a resounding applause from the attendees. Finally.
MarianJack
(10,237 posts)Nothing against the other nominees, but I was very disappointed that Hidden Figures didn't win Best Picture.
PEACE!
calimary
(81,565 posts)It was a real inspiration. Made you feel like there still are things about this country that make you proud.
byronius
(7,407 posts)Staph
(6,256 posts)is so proud of her fellow West Virginian!
So often we are denigrated as shoeless, illiterate hillbilly coal miners, uneducated and unaware. Katherine Johnson made us proud. I only wish we had known about her story fifty years ago!
radical noodle
(8,016 posts)I wanted to go when it first came out but we didn't have an opportunity until yesterday afternoon. What an inspiring movie! I made it through without crying but when they honored each woman at the end with their real photos, I couldn't hold it any longer.