What I wanted was for them to have a grand, sweeping narrative that they deserved, the kind of American history that belongs to the Wright Brothers and the astronauts, to Alexander Hamilton and Martin Luther King Jr. Not told as a separate history, but as part of the story we all know. Not at the margins, but at the very center, the protagonists of the drama. And not just because they are black, or because they are women, but because they are part of the American epic. . Margot Lee Shetterly
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The last three years have been a constant struggle to tell the story of America as it really is, not as we would like it to be. In America, we have never met a stranger. The best and brightest from every race and background, male and female, come here to seek the American dream. They believe in the promise of this country.

And they are willing to work for it. When they take the oath of citizenship, they mean every word. They want to become more than citizens — they want to become part of American history.

Source: Hidden Figures: The American Dream And The Untold Story Of The Black Women Mathematicians Who Helped Win The Space Race

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