Newsviews: Suburban student's connection to 'Hidden Figures'

CHICAGO (WLS) -- A suburban high school student has a personal connection to the Oscar-nominated movie "Hidden Figures."

It tells the story of three African-American women who were part of NASA's team of human 'computers.'
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They did complex calculations -- by hand -- that helped men such as John Glenn, Neil Armstrong and Alan Shepard -- to safely travel into space and back.

One of those women -- Katherine Johnson -- is the great aunt of Michael Jones a student at Southland College Prep in Richton Park.
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Michael joins us this week along with Dr. Blondean Davis, the head of Southland College Prep. The school has integrated Mrs. Johnson's story into lessons this month.

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