A Virginia middle school that was once named after a Confederate soldier has been renamed in honor of African American NASA mathematician Katherine Johnson.
The former Sidney Lanier Middle School in Fairfax County, Va., has been renamed Katherine Johnson Middle School. The new name, displayed in the school building is pictured in an image from ABC News affiliate WJLA video.February 2020"We're elated that they've chosen her names out of so many other names," said Valerie Johnson, Katherine's niece and a Fairfax County Public Schools math resource specialist.
"As our City of Fairfax Superintendent Dr. Phyllis Pajardo reminded us at the ceremony, 'Names matter, names inspire, and names show students that they are valued," Hanna added.NASA space scientist, and mathematician Katherine Johnson poses for a portrait at her desk with an adding machine and a"Celestial Training device" at NASA Langley Research Center in 1962 in Hampton, Va.
Johnson was hired by NASA in 1953 and calculated the trajectory for Alan Shepard, the first American in space, before electronic computers were used.
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