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Jennifer Figge (born November 12, 1952 [1]) is an American athlete from Aspen, Colorado, who in 2009 attempted to swim several portions of the Atlantic from Africa to South America, starting on January 12, 2009, at the Cape Verde Islands, and ending in North America in Trinidad and Tobago on February 5. Newspaper accounts reported she covered a ...
Hidden Figures is a 2016 American biographical drama film directed by Theodore Melfi and written by Melfi and Allison Schroeder.It is loosely based on the 2016 non-fiction book of the same name by Margot Lee Shetterly about three female African-American mathematicians: Katherine Goble Johnson (Taraji P. Henson), Dorothy Vaughan (Octavia Spencer), and Mary Jackson (Janelle Monáe), who worked ...
Amistad is a 1997 American historical drama film directed by Steven Spielberg, based on the events in 1839 aboard the Spanish slave ship La Amistad, during which Mende tribesmen abducted for the slave trade managed to gain control of their captors' ship off the coast of Cuba, and the international legal battle that followed their capture by the Washington, a U.S. revenue cutter.
From "Hidden Figures" to "On the Basis of Sex," these films teach about some amazing trailblazers like Katherine Johnson, RBG and Madam C.J. Walker. International Women's Day: Movies that # ...
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Parks became one of the most impactful Black women in American history almost overnight when she refused to move to the “colored” section of a public bus in 1955.
At the time, although Swank was a pilot-in-training, [4] her appearance in the aerial sequences was limited, with three other women pilots contracted for the flying scenes. [5] Nair was concerned about insurance and liability issues, and opted for professional pilots, Jimmy Leeward and Bryan Regan to do the bulk of the flying in the film. [ 6 ]
People. March's full blood moon in Virgo brings last-minute shakeups for 4 zodiac signs. Lighter Side. NY Post. This small NJ town was crowned one of the most charming in America. News. News.