‘Hidden Figure’ Raye Montague Dies At 83
was inducted into the Arkansas Women’s Hall of Fame last year
‘Hidden Figure’ Raye Montague Dies At 83
was inducted into the Arkansas Women’s Hall of Fame last year
𝐀 𝐫𝐞𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫, 𝐥𝐚𝐝𝐢𝐞𝐬:
• 𝐈𝐭 𝐢𝐬 𝐚 𝐥𝐮𝐱𝐮𝐫𝐲 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐚 𝐩𝐫𝐢𝐯𝐢𝐥𝐞𝐠𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐚𝐤 𝐭𝐨 𝐲𝐨𝐮.
• 𝐈𝐭 𝐢𝐬 𝐚 𝐥𝐮𝐱𝐮𝐫𝐲 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐚 𝐩𝐫𝐢𝐯𝐢𝐥𝐞𝐠𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐚𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧.
• 𝐈𝐭 𝐢𝐬 𝐚 𝐥𝐮𝐱𝐮𝐫𝐲 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐚 𝐩𝐫𝐢𝐯𝐢𝐥𝐞𝐠𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐬𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐬𝐩𝐚𝐜𝐞.
• 𝐈𝐭 𝐢𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐛𝐢𝐠𝐠𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐥𝐮𝐱𝐮𝐫𝐲 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐩𝐫𝐢𝐯𝐢𝐥𝐞𝐠𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐚𝐜𝐜𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐛𝐨𝐝𝐲.
• 𝐍𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐬𝐞𝐭𝐭𝐥𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐧𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐥𝐨𝐰𝐞𝐫 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐚𝐫𝐝𝐬. ♡
Nichelle Nichols has passed away.
Martin Luther King once convinced her to continue on as Uhura when she was about to quit. He told her how she was a role model for so many people and had to stay on. He rightfully recognized her as a trailblazer and the inspiration she continued to be.
(Second picture is Nichols participating in a recruitment program for NASA in late 70s/early 80′s, aimed at women and people of color. The third picture is Nichols onboard the stratospheric observatory for infrafred astronomy in 2017, as one of the first non essential personell to be able to do so)