Hidden Figures Ch 4-6

Why was Dorothy happy about taking the job at Langley?

• She wanted to prove black women were just as smart as white men.

• She would get a break from her kids and husband.

• She was going to be a spy.

• She would make more money and have a chance to help her country.

What was the sacrifice she had to make to work for Langley?

• She had to work with all white men.

• She had to ride the bus to work every day.

• She had to move four hours away from her children.

• She had to eat in the Langley cafeteria every meal.

What was Newsome Park

• A dog park Dorothy walked her poodle to.

• The African American subdivision in Newport News

• A whites only park in Newport News.

• A park only African Americans could use.

What was the "colored line"?

• The line "colored" computers made in the lunchroom.

• The line "colored" ladies make outside the women's room.

• The line African Americans couldn't cross to get to whites only neighborhoods.

• The line on public buses that separated the white section from the "colored" section.

What was the Double V?

• For blacks getting to ride in the front of the bus and winning World War I.

• For blacks, Victory in WW II and winning civil rights.

• The name of an airplane.

• For blacks getting an African American president and putting a black man on the moon.

What was the difference between the East and West computers?

• The East computers were African American and the West were white.

• The West computers were African Americans and the East were white.

• The West building had air conditioning and the East did not.

• The West computers were men and the East were women.

The president who spoke of the "Four Freedoms" during his State of the Union.

• JFK

• Dwight Eisenhower

• FDR

• Martin Luther King Jr.

What were two of the "Four Freedoms"

• Freedom from want and freedom from fear.

• Freedom of worship and freedom of race.

• Freedom from religion and freedom of speech.

• Freedom of press and freedom of worship.

What did Miriam Mann do in defiance of segregation?

• Purposely messed up a math problem she was working on.

• Went into a whites only bathroom.

• Removed a "colored computers" sign in the lunch room.

• Sat in the whites section of the bus.

How did the West computers respond to discrimination?

• They protested with signs outside of Langley.

• The became jealous and competitive with each other.

• The tried to sabotage the white computers work.

• The bonded together and formed a "sisterhood". They used teamwork and made each other the best they could be.