Hidden Figures - Margot Lee Shetterly

the case and planned to use it to
challenge segregation rules on interstate
transportation. In 1946, the Supreme
Court, in Morgan v. Virginia, held that
segregation on interstate buses was
illegal. But what hope had the West
Computers of making a federal case out
of something so banal as a cafeteria sign?
More likely, whoever kept the table
stocked with signs would just decide that
it was time to get rid of the
troublemakers. “They are going to fire
you over that sign, Miriam,” her husband,
William, told her at night over dinner.
Negro life in America was a neverending
series of negotiations: when to
fight and when to concede. This, Miriam
had decided, was one to fight. “Then
they’re just going to have to do it,” she
would retort.