✊🏿ap african american studies review

Katherine Johnson

Written by the Fiveable Content Team • Last updated August 2025
Verified for the 2027 exam
Verified for the 2027 examWritten by the Fiveable Content Team • Last updated August 2025

Definition

An African American mathematician who worked for NASA and performed calculations for space travel that helped launch astronauts to the moon and back.

AP course connection

Topic 4.20: 4.20 Science, Medicine, and Technology in Black Communities

Unit 4

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