Hidden Figures - Margot Lee Shetterly

eady-made brew of neighbors, social
organizations, and advice for
newcomers. Eric Epps had made good on
his promise to find employment for his
brother-in-law Jimmy Goble, who had
traded his teaching credential for a
painter’s job at the Newport News
shipyard. It was the kind of stable, wellpaid
job that gave Negro men—even
those with white-collar credentials—a
chance to pull their families solidly into
the middle class. The girls loved their
new school and marveled at living in
such a large and dynamic black
community.
Langley’s personnel department
approved Katherine’s 1952 application,
but with a June 1953 appointment. The
intervening year helped her make the
transition to everything but the Virginia