#TheRemix: The True Story Behind 'Hidden Figures'

Katherine Johnson, left, and Christine Darden, two of the former NASA mathematicians in the book “Hidden Figures.” Credit Chet Strange for The New York Times 'Author Margot Lee Shetterly grew up knowing that black women were behind the success of the early space program, that eventually became NASA. Shetterly grew up knowing their children and grandchildren in her Hampton, Virginia community. Her recent book Hidden Figures: The American Dream and the Untold Story of the Black Women Mathematicians Who Helped Win the Space Race tells the story of these "human computers" who helped launch America's space program, broke racial and gender barriers and supported the next generation of African American engineers and aerospace professionals. Shetterly talks with James Braxton Peterson, host of #TheRemix.'