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Virginia school named for Confederate soldier renamed to honor Black NASA pioneer Katherine Johnson

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Katherine Johnson is famous for her role in NASA's orbital mission of John Glenn in 1962. Her story portrayed in the 2016 film "Hidden Figures."

     
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