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i'm nikki giovanni

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my poem is quilting

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the black eyed pea

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congratulations to nasa

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we're going to mars for the same reason

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marco polo rocketed to china

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for the same reason columbus trimmed his

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sails on the dream of spices

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for the very same reason shackleton was

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enchanted with penguins

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for the reason we fall in love it's the

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only adventure

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we're going to mars because we have the

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hardware to do it

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we have rockets and fuel and money and

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stuff

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and the only reason nasa is holding back

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is they don't know if what they send out

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will be what they get back

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the trip to mars can only be understood

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through black americans i say

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the trip to mars can only be understood

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through black americans

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i'm very proud that the building is

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named after

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jackson and i'm very proud that she

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stood ground

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to help us go into space

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and this building should stand and does

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stand for her

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like all people

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i am so glad because we need we need to

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remember who has helped build this

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nation and miss jackson is a part of

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that so i congratulate ms jackson and

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her family

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and all of the people because you don't

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sacrifice alone

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your family sacrifices with you so

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that's wonderful

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good afternoon everyone i'm abby

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phillips senior political correspondent

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and anchor of inside politics sunday it

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is my pleasure and honor to be with you

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virtually today and to welcome you to

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this celebration of the legacy and

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achievements of mary w jackson

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today we're joined not only by

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dignitaries and nasa leaders but also

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by members of mary jackson's family and

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many more are tuning in virtually as

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well so thank you all for being here

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today

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which we celebrate the extraordinary

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life of mary jackson a life lived with

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dignity and determination

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but today is also a joyous occasion for

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women and girls all across this country

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from now on this place the nasa

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headquarters where american brilliance

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and ingenuity thrives

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will be named after a black woman

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so on this

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very special day i want to warmly

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welcome you all here to the married w

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jackson nasa headquarters and i

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personally want to extend my gratitude

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to mary jackson for being a pioneer who

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changed the way that the world saw the

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potential and the capacity of black

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people and especially black women in

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this country

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because of her and because of so many

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people and women like her i can be with

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you all today

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so without further ado please enjoy

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today's ceremony and have a great rest

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good afternoon

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director clayton

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members of the jackson family

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deputy mayor babers and distinguished

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thank you all for joining us today to

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honor and celebrate an incredible

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history maker

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with the official naming of the mary w

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ensure that she is a hidden figure no

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equal opportunity is the cornerstone of

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and our diversity is one of our

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too many have been denied the equal

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opportunity that our nation stands for

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at nasa we are committed to recognizing

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and addressing inequities that serve as

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jackson's story is one of incredible

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she personified nasa's spirit of

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against all odds providing inspiration

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there's there is no denying that she

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faced innumerable challenges

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work that would eventually help send the

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today you will hear about the barriers

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she published a dozen papers

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she was doing cutting edge research

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the space race but also galvanized

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imaginations around the world as to what

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america and the world was not only able

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agencies incredible milestones

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the last year which has been a really

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through the doors of the mary w jackson

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inspire us all to push forward and

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district of columbia deputy mayor for

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on behalf of mayor muriel bowser and the

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705 000 residents of the district

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which will soon be the 51st state

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to be with you on this very special day

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i bring greetings to all attendees in

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this great slate of speakers

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who will share the legacy of mary w

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elected officials and many more

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and i love the different forms this

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tribute is taking

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from the profound poetry of nikki

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giavatti to the inspiring art

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of african american women commissioned

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by events dc

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it's most fitting that on the close of

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black history month and on the cusp of

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women's history month

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renaming of this building to the mary w

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jackson nasa headquarters

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as i walked toward the building along

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hidden figures way this afternoon

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i reflected

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on how thanks to the paths

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laid by mary jackson and countless

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others

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the world is a much different place

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than it was 70 years ago

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when miss jackson was first hired by

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nasa

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then

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segregation

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and discriminatory practices were the

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rule of the day

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the fight for freedom occurred not just

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in the streets

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but as ms jackson's life showed it also

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took place within the system

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she turned it inside out

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so that more african americans and women

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could excel

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as a result

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successful black women

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are no longer hidden figures

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we are very visible monuments to success

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we include

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the vice president of the united states

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the mayor of the district of columbia

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and even me

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a deputy mayor who like mary jackson is

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a southern girl with big dreams to make

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this world a better place

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in closing

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it is most fitting that miss jackson's

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legacy includes her name on this

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building

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in the heart of the nation's capital

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one of the most diverse cities in the

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nation

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and home to strong leadership by

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african-american women in all walks of

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life

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african-american girls now know they can

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reach the moon and stars due to miss

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now i would like to introduce our next

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speaker congressman bobby scott

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who will be appearing via video

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representative scott has represented

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virginia's third congressional district

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in the u.s house since 1993.

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he is the first african-american elected

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to congress from virginia since

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reconstruction and only the second

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african-american elected to congress in

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virginia's history

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ladies and gentlemen i present to you

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representative bobby scott

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i met mary jackson in the early 1970s

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after i came back from law school and

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was invited to serve on the advisory

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board of the local continental societies

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the women's organization providing

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services to children particularly those

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with special needs i kind of knew that

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mary jackson worked at nasa but just

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like everybody else she was a hidden

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figure in terms of the contributions she

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made to the space program president john

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f kennedy said something like a nation

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reveals itself not only by those it

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produces but also by those that honors

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and those it remembers

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naming this building after mary jackson

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good afternoon

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acting administrator jerzik

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deputy mayor bears

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members of the jackson family

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distinguished guests

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my name is clayton turner i'm the

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director of nasa's langley research

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center in hampton virginia

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it's my honor and privilege to share

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some thoughts about someone who was a

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true pioneer for our agency and our

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nation

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we're here to pay tribute to a person

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who blazed trails but didn't boast

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a high achiever who never sought

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attention or accolades

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instead she used her success to help

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countless others to follow in her

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footsteps

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she helped others find their path

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forward

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mary winston jackson was a hero

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looking back on her remarkable life we

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can see some of the roots of her

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greatness

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born april 9 1921 in hampton virginia

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she was a daughter of frank and ella

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scott winston

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her family was active at bethel amy

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church in hampton

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mary attended the all black george p

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phoenix training school and graduate

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with honors

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from there she entered

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what was then hampton institute now

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hampton university where she joined

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alpha kappa alpha sorority

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mary graduated in 1942 with degrees in

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both mathematics and physical sciences

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mary tried various jobs before finding

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her place where she would ultimately

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make her mark

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she worked as a teacher

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a receptionist

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a bookkeeper

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and was a homemaker for a while after

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the birth of her son

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but mary wasn't done she had more to do

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her turning point came in 1951.

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she accepted a position as a

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mathematician with the national advisory

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committee for aeronautics nasa's

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precursor

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as part of the segregated west area

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computers

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after two years mary took a computing

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position in langley's four foot by four

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foot supersonic pressure tunnel

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there she got hands-on experience

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and she excelled

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her boss encouraged her to enter a

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training program that would allow her to

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earn a promotion from mathematician to

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engineer

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what happened next is now well known

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because hampton public schools

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were segregated at the time mary had to

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petition the city for the right to take

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classes alongside white students

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thanks to what was described as a quiet

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but commanding nature

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she got the petition approved

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jackson became nasa's first

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african-american female engineer in 1958

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and i want to just set that for context

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i was one year old when that happened so

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she set the groundwork

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even then by 1975 she had written

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numerous technical publications for the

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agency and proven her merit as an

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engineer

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then in 1979 she made a bold and heroic

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change

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instead of continuing her successful

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engineering career she took a reduction

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in grade to work in the area of equal

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opportunity

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after training at nasa headquarters she

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returned to langley to look and took the

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position of federal women's program

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manager

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in that role she enabled the hiring and

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promotion of a new generation of female

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mathematicians engineers and scientists

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mary w jackson was a pioneer in

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diversity and inclusion

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in policy yes

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but even more importantly in action

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she retired from nasa in 1985

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she passed away on february 11 2005.

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mary w jackson was a pioneer who dared

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to challenge convention

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she had the courage to fight inequality

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and when she emerged victorious

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she spread the benefits far and wide

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throughout her life she made a positive

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impact in the lives of her fellow

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citizens

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she was active in the girl scouts for

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decades

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influencing thousands of young women

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the recognition we celebrate today

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is appropriate because mary jackson

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remains an inspiration her perseverance

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her empathy her desire to lift us all

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she inspired others to excel and to

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break through barriers that is the

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spirit of nasa

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mary jackson chose to lead by example

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and at nasa today we strive to emulate

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her vision

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passion and commitment

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we celebrate that bright future that she

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pushed for so profoundly mary's

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accomplishments were sky high but her

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feet were planted firmly on the ground

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in her community

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she knew that nothing great can be built

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without a solid foundation

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so she rolled up her sleeves and she

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built the best foundation possible

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we honor mary winston jackson by adding

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to that foundation

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this headquarters building bearing her

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name will be a shining symbol of her

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will to push beyond barriers for the

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benefit of all

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her example will guide us together

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as we reach for new heights to reveal

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so now i have the honor of introducing

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our next speaker

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langley's formerly hidden figure

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christine darden

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christine joined the agency as a human

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computer in 1967.

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over a 40-year nasa career she took on

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leadership roles including technical

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leader of nasa's sonic boom group in the

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high speed research program and director

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of the aero arrow performing center

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program office

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she was the first african-american woman

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at langley to be promoted to the senior

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executive service for the non-nassar

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government folks senior executive

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service is the highest civilian rank in

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the government

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she authored many publications in the

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field of high lift wing design and

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supersonic flow flap design sonic boom

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prediction and sonic boom

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miniaturization

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this is the work we use today in efforts

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like the low boom flight demonstrator

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mission and experimental x-59 aircraft

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so

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if you want to look outside and see the

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work that christine darden started it's

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right outside in our lobby

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in 1991 she received the nasa equal

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opportunity medal and in 1995 she

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received the nasa outstanding

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achievement medal please welcome

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christine darden

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good afternoon

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director turner acting administrator

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jersey

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members of the jackson family and other

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distinguished guests

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it's an indeed an honor for me to be

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here today as nasa recognizes mary w

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jackson

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in this very auspicious way for her work

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within nasa and her efforts in mentoring

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and guiding so many young people in this

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country

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i'm the fourth hidden figure in margot

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shetly's book hidden figures i was not

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in the movie

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i came to nasa about 24 years after

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dorothy vaughn

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16 years after mary jackson and 14 years

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after katherine johnson

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two things i like to remember about my

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introduction to the space program were

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one

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my assigned october 5th 1956

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to get the morning newspaper into the

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school library down in asheville north

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carolina

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the headline was soviets fire earth

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satellite into space it's circling the

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globe at 18 000 miles per hour and has

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made four crossings over the us in the

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last 24 hours

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of course that was sputnik

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i was then a senior in high school

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the second occasion was in spring of

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1962

579
00:24:53,029 --> 00:24:51,279
when along with catherine johnson's

580
00:24:56,230 --> 00:24:53,039
daughter joellette

581
00:24:58,870 --> 00:24:56,240
and mary jackson's niece anne winston

582
00:25:00,549 --> 00:24:58,880
we all stood along queen street near

583
00:25:02,950 --> 00:25:00,559
hampton institute

584
00:25:04,070 --> 00:25:02,960
to view one of john glenn's victory

585
00:25:07,110 --> 00:25:04,080
parades

586
00:25:09,990 --> 00:25:07,120
after he successfully orbited the earth

587
00:25:11,990 --> 00:25:10,000
and his say returned to the earth

588
00:25:14,470 --> 00:25:12,000
the three of us were seniors and

589
00:25:16,789 --> 00:25:14,480
classmates at hampton institute

590
00:25:19,750 --> 00:25:16,799
soon to become graduates in the class of

591
00:25:21,990 --> 00:25:19,760
1962.

592
00:25:24,470 --> 00:25:22,000
after falling in love with physical

593
00:25:26,830 --> 00:25:24,480
science in the ninth grade and playing

594
00:25:29,909 --> 00:25:26,840
geometry during my junior year in high

595
00:25:33,350 --> 00:25:29,919
school i came to hampton institute with

596
00:25:35,669 --> 00:25:33,360
hopes of becoming a mathematician

597
00:25:37,750 --> 00:25:35,679
my dad called and suggested that i

598
00:25:41,269 --> 00:25:37,760
change that to teacher education in

599
00:25:42,630 --> 00:25:41,279
mathematics and physics which i did

600
00:25:45,190 --> 00:25:42,640
to do both

601
00:25:48,549 --> 00:25:45,200
i took many extra high-level math

602
00:25:49,990 --> 00:25:48,559
courses just before i graduated to start

603
00:25:52,310 --> 00:25:50,000
teaching

604
00:25:55,029 --> 00:25:52,320
my mother at that time told me that i

605
00:25:56,549 --> 00:25:55,039
needed to learn to speak up and talk to

606
00:25:58,630 --> 00:25:56,559
people

607
00:26:01,269 --> 00:25:58,640
speaking up led me to virginia state

608
00:26:04,310 --> 00:26:01,279
college two or three years later where i

609
00:26:07,350 --> 00:26:04,320
did research in aerosol physics and got

610
00:26:11,110 --> 00:26:07,360
a master's degree in applied mathematics

611
00:26:13,510 --> 00:26:11,120
i was then hired by nasa i was assigned

612
00:26:14,630 --> 00:26:13,520
to the re-entry physics branch

613
00:26:18,070 --> 00:26:14,640
at

614
00:26:20,390 --> 00:26:18,080
of the high-speed aerodynamics division

615
00:26:21,590 --> 00:26:20,400
this was at the beginning of the apollo

616
00:26:23,909 --> 00:26:21,600
program

617
00:26:25,750 --> 00:26:23,919
i was working with several ladies who

618
00:26:27,590 --> 00:26:25,760
had worked with mary in the west

619
00:26:30,390 --> 00:26:27,600
computers

620
00:26:33,269 --> 00:26:30,400
speaking up again a few years later

621
00:26:35,510 --> 00:26:33,279
led me to a 20-year korean supersonic

622
00:26:37,029 --> 00:26:35,520
wing and flap design and sonic boom

623
00:26:40,070 --> 00:26:37,039
minimization

624
00:26:41,830 --> 00:26:40,080
and a doctorate and mechanical engineer

625
00:26:44,149 --> 00:26:41,840
hearing in addition to several

626
00:26:46,870 --> 00:26:44,159
leadership positions

627
00:26:49,110 --> 00:26:46,880
when i first met mary i learned that she

628
00:26:51,750 --> 00:26:49,120
was the first african-american female

629
00:26:54,070 --> 00:26:51,760
engineer at langley and that she spent

630
00:26:56,630 --> 00:26:54,080
quite a bit of time speaking to school

631
00:26:57,590 --> 00:26:56,640
students in hampton and newport news

632
00:27:00,870 --> 00:26:57,600
schools

633
00:27:03,190 --> 00:27:00,880
what kind of jobs were available at nasa

634
00:27:06,310 --> 00:27:03,200
how did one prepare for them

635
00:27:09,510 --> 00:27:06,320
those school talks were profitable i've

636
00:27:11,909 --> 00:27:09,520
heard several langley employees say that

637
00:27:15,830 --> 00:27:11,919
they became engineers because they heard

638
00:27:17,590 --> 00:27:15,840
talks from employees just like mary

639
00:27:20,149 --> 00:27:17,600
about that time

640
00:27:22,789 --> 00:27:20,159
many african-american professionals at

641
00:27:25,909 --> 00:27:22,799
langley learned that a black technical

642
00:27:27,830 --> 00:27:25,919
society had a state charter in the city

643
00:27:30,070 --> 00:27:27,840
of hampton

644
00:27:32,789 --> 00:27:30,080
mary and catherine along with the rest

645
00:27:35,669 --> 00:27:32,799
of us got together and renewed that

646
00:27:36,950 --> 00:27:35,679
charter and activated the chapter at

647
00:27:39,269 --> 00:27:36,960
langley

648
00:27:41,430 --> 00:27:39,279
working with students was the primary

649
00:27:43,510 --> 00:27:41,440
target of the national technical

650
00:27:45,830 --> 00:27:43,520
association

651
00:27:47,269 --> 00:27:45,840
math contests were sponsored for middle

652
00:27:49,830 --> 00:27:47,279
school students

653
00:27:53,350 --> 00:27:49,840
to help the students with math skills

654
00:27:55,990 --> 00:27:53,360
and confidence in taking tests

655
00:27:58,070 --> 00:27:56,000
sat tutorials were sponsored for high

656
00:27:59,350 --> 00:27:58,080
school students who were approaching

657
00:28:02,149 --> 00:27:59,360
graduation

658
00:28:04,710 --> 00:28:02,159
to help them with test taking skills

659
00:28:06,710 --> 00:28:04,720
knowledge and confidence

660
00:28:10,070 --> 00:28:06,720
one of the largest programs was the

661
00:28:13,029 --> 00:28:10,080
annual technical symposium for college

662
00:28:15,909 --> 00:28:13,039
students in hbcus

663
00:28:17,510 --> 00:28:15,919
in virginia north carolina maryland and

664
00:28:19,830 --> 00:28:17,520
d.c

665
00:28:20,950 --> 00:28:19,840
students gave technical talks on

666
00:28:23,750 --> 00:28:20,960
research

667
00:28:27,510 --> 00:28:23,760
and work they had done during the summer

668
00:28:29,190 --> 00:28:27,520
internship programs or positions

669
00:28:30,470 --> 00:28:29,200
they were judged and they were given

670
00:28:33,510 --> 00:28:30,480
awards

671
00:28:35,990 --> 00:28:33,520
the professors from the hbcus

672
00:28:41,190 --> 00:28:36,000
who had

673
00:28:44,230 --> 00:28:41,200
symposium and who brought many other

674
00:28:47,269 --> 00:28:44,240
students to the symposium

675
00:28:49,350 --> 00:28:47,279
they loved the symposium that we had

676
00:28:51,590 --> 00:28:49,360
the students learned to give technical

677
00:28:54,070 --> 00:28:51,600
talks and won prizes

678
00:28:56,310 --> 00:28:54,080
the colleges were impressed about the

679
00:28:58,710 --> 00:28:56,320
impact on their students

680
00:29:01,750 --> 00:28:58,720
and several colleges sent students to

681
00:29:03,830 --> 00:29:01,760
that symposium by the busload

682
00:29:05,510 --> 00:29:03,840
another very special thing i noticed

683
00:29:08,310 --> 00:29:05,520
about mary

684
00:29:11,430 --> 00:29:08,320
was how she reached out to and mentored

685
00:29:13,830 --> 00:29:11,440
the new african-american employees

686
00:29:15,830 --> 00:29:13,840
often when i was speaking with them they

687
00:29:18,310 --> 00:29:15,840
would speak of having been invited to

688
00:29:20,549 --> 00:29:18,320
mary's home for dinner

689
00:29:23,190 --> 00:29:20,559
she made a very special effort to meet

690
00:29:26,149 --> 00:29:23,200
these young aerospace engineers to

691
00:29:28,950 --> 00:29:26,159
welcome them to show them hospitality

692
00:29:30,789 --> 00:29:28,960
and to give them advice

693
00:29:33,350 --> 00:29:30,799
mary did not just

694
00:29:35,750 --> 00:29:33,360
do that for langley employees but to

695
00:29:39,029 --> 00:29:35,760
young people all around her

696
00:29:41,510 --> 00:29:39,039
those in the girl scouts those at church

697
00:29:43,590 --> 00:29:41,520
those in her neighborhood

698
00:29:45,029 --> 00:29:43,600
because of mary's work in the federal

699
00:29:47,350 --> 00:29:45,039
woman's program

700
00:29:49,750 --> 00:29:47,360
i too got a promotion

701
00:29:52,389 --> 00:29:49,760
and i read about it in the back of the

702
00:29:55,350 --> 00:29:52,399
book hidden figures

703
00:29:56,230 --> 00:29:55,360
and now i wish to ask everyone to join

704
00:30:12,230 --> 00:29:56,240
me

705
00:30:15,750 --> 00:30:12,240
historic occasion as nasa

706
00:30:18,630 --> 00:30:15,760
the inspirer of so many dreams

707
00:30:21,190 --> 00:30:18,640
renames its headquarters building for

708
00:30:23,110 --> 00:30:21,200
mary winston jackson

709
00:30:26,310 --> 00:30:23,120
the pioneering engineer

710
00:30:28,149 --> 00:30:26,320
who helped to make those dreams possible

711
00:30:31,590 --> 00:30:28,159
with her beautiful heart

712
00:30:33,029 --> 00:30:31,600
and with her brilliant mind

713
00:30:34,789 --> 00:30:33,039
may her name

714
00:30:36,950 --> 00:30:34,799
as well as her legacy

715
00:30:39,590 --> 00:30:36,960
forever be a reminder

716
00:30:40,710 --> 00:30:39,600
to all those who enter these mighty

717
00:30:42,310 --> 00:30:40,720
doors

718
00:30:45,190 --> 00:30:42,320
that we

719
00:30:46,789 --> 00:30:45,200
as a people have only been able to touch

720
00:30:48,830 --> 00:30:46,799
the stars

721
00:30:51,669 --> 00:30:48,840
because of ancestors like

722
00:30:55,590 --> 00:30:51,679
her who had the courage

723
00:30:59,269 --> 00:30:55,600
who had the resilience to overcome every

724
00:31:02,630 --> 00:30:59,279
obstacle placed in their way

725
00:31:05,669 --> 00:31:02,640
a trailblazer who empowered women and

726
00:31:08,630 --> 00:31:05,679
persons of color and who lifted the gaze

727
00:31:11,029 --> 00:31:08,640
of humanity to the heavens

728
00:31:12,470 --> 00:31:11,039
mary jackson's awesome record of

729
00:31:15,190 --> 00:31:12,480
achievement

730
00:31:18,389 --> 00:31:15,200
is no longer hidden

731
00:31:20,389 --> 00:31:18,399
but it's a foundation for our shared

732
00:31:21,669 --> 00:31:20,399
future

733
00:31:27,269 --> 00:31:21,679
here

734
00:31:29,350 --> 00:31:27,279
congratulations nasa

735
00:31:31,669 --> 00:31:29,360
and congratulations to the entire

736
00:31:34,870 --> 00:31:31,679
jackson family

737
00:31:37,909 --> 00:31:34,880
thank you for giving our history

738
00:31:40,070 --> 00:31:37,919
and our hope of exploration

739
00:31:41,909 --> 00:31:40,080
a name

740
00:31:43,750 --> 00:31:41,919
her name

741
00:31:45,590 --> 00:31:43,760
we stand with you

742
00:31:48,389 --> 00:31:45,600
in gratitude

743
00:31:52,149 --> 00:31:50,070
congratulations nasa and the jackson

744
00:31:55,269 --> 00:31:52,159
family on this historic occasion

745
00:31:57,269 --> 00:31:55,279
honoring mary and her legacy peace

746
00:31:59,190 --> 00:31:57,279
i think it is extraordinary that nasa

747
00:32:01,990 --> 00:31:59,200
has named our headquarters building in

748
00:32:04,149 --> 00:32:02,000
honor of mary w jackson i hope that it

749
00:32:06,310 --> 00:32:04,159
inspires young girls and in particular

750
00:32:08,789 --> 00:32:06,320
young girls of color to consider a stem

751
00:32:10,470 --> 00:32:08,799
field as a career it shows our youth

752
00:32:13,029 --> 00:32:10,480
what achievements are possible through

753
00:32:20,389 --> 00:32:13,039
hard work education dedication and

754
00:32:23,990 --> 00:32:22,310
i knew that this was somebody that i

755
00:32:26,070 --> 00:32:24,000
needed to highlight and to honor through

756
00:32:28,149 --> 00:32:26,080
this portrait this was a woman this was

757
00:32:30,070 --> 00:32:28,159
nasa's first last female engineer that

758
00:32:31,750 --> 00:32:30,080
had accomplished so much and whose

759
00:32:33,669 --> 00:32:31,760
achievements hadn't been known by the

760
00:32:36,870 --> 00:32:33,679
general public for far too long i wanted

761
00:32:39,509 --> 00:32:36,880
to create a piece that represented and

762
00:32:41,190 --> 00:32:39,519
celebrated and honored barry jackson

763
00:32:43,430 --> 00:32:41,200
really see the woman not only that we're

764
00:32:46,310 --> 00:32:43,440
celebrating now but what it took for her

765
00:32:48,389 --> 00:32:46,320
to get there to be even a black artist

766
00:32:50,549 --> 00:32:48,399
making artwork about space it's it's

767
00:32:54,710 --> 00:32:50,559
because of her triumphs and it's because

768
00:32:56,950 --> 00:32:54,720
of her legacy that she left behind

769
00:32:59,430 --> 00:32:56,960
the heroes and the figures that

770
00:33:01,430 --> 00:32:59,440
we had presented to us as kids didn't

771
00:33:03,700 --> 00:33:01,440
ever look like me this is a figure who

772
00:33:07,190 --> 00:33:03,710
actually looks like us represents it

773
00:33:09,029 --> 00:33:07,200
[Music]

774
00:33:11,909 --> 00:33:09,039
when you look back at history there's

775
00:33:14,149 --> 00:33:11,919
the time there's the dates art is the

776
00:33:16,310 --> 00:33:14,159
color or the sound and the emotions that

777
00:33:18,950 --> 00:33:16,320
encapsulate at the moment it's the real

778
00:33:24,520 --> 00:33:18,960
human experience that happens as time

779
00:33:24,530 --> 00:33:32,549
[Music]

780
00:33:37,430 --> 00:33:34,710
good afternoon everyone my name is

781
00:33:39,430 --> 00:33:37,440
tambita solomon also known as trapbob

782
00:33:42,630 --> 00:33:39,440
and i'm a visual artist illustrator and

783
00:33:46,149 --> 00:33:42,640
animator here in washington dc

784
00:33:49,830 --> 00:33:46,159
my work is artistically styled

785
00:33:51,830 --> 00:33:49,840
bold loud and colorful and often censors

786
00:33:53,430 --> 00:33:51,840
themes of representation and social

787
00:33:56,149 --> 00:33:53,440
justice

788
00:33:58,710 --> 00:33:56,159
my designs also often live in space with

789
00:34:00,549 --> 00:33:58,720
a starry background and feature powerful

790
00:34:03,350 --> 00:34:00,559
inspiring black women

791
00:34:05,190 --> 00:34:03,360
so i was beyond honored and thrilled to

792
00:34:06,389 --> 00:34:05,200
create artwork and be involved in this

793
00:34:07,750 --> 00:34:06,399
ceremony

794
00:34:10,230 --> 00:34:07,760
celebrating nasa's first

795
00:34:13,510 --> 00:34:10,240
african-american female engineer the

796
00:34:16,069 --> 00:34:13,520
amazing mary w jackson

797
00:34:18,629 --> 00:34:16,079
as black women we often have to go above

798
00:34:20,950 --> 00:34:18,639
and beyond to be successful create

799
00:34:22,950 --> 00:34:20,960
change and follow our dreams and we

800
00:34:24,950 --> 00:34:22,960
always deliver

801
00:34:26,790 --> 00:34:24,960
mary jackson's journey and work has

802
00:34:28,869 --> 00:34:26,800
inspired countless women across the

803
00:34:33,669 --> 00:34:28,879
country and the world who fight every

804
00:34:40,869 --> 00:34:36,790
myself along with other amazing local

805
00:34:42,790 --> 00:34:40,879
women artists og lullabies jamilo kubo

806
00:34:45,669 --> 00:34:42,800
jennifer white johnson

807
00:34:47,349 --> 00:34:45,679
tracy ching and kimchi juice

808
00:34:48,950 --> 00:34:47,359
were asked to interpret this moment and

809
00:34:50,790 --> 00:34:48,960
create a piece that embodied what it

810
00:34:52,629 --> 00:34:50,800
meant to us

811
00:34:54,710 --> 00:34:52,639
these commemorative pieces work as a

812
00:34:56,950 --> 00:34:54,720
beautiful lens into how powerful and

813
00:34:58,710 --> 00:34:56,960
inspiring this moment is

814
00:35:01,670 --> 00:34:58,720
for me this piece was about bringing to

815
00:35:03,910 --> 00:35:01,680
life mary jackson's power and impact

816
00:35:06,069 --> 00:35:03,920
while celebrating her great achievements

817
00:35:09,510 --> 00:35:06,079
and depicting just how out of this world

818
00:35:12,870 --> 00:35:11,190
working on this project has been one of

819
00:35:15,030 --> 00:35:12,880
the greatest moments in my career and

820
00:35:17,750 --> 00:35:15,040
will forever bring me inspiration and

821
00:35:19,670 --> 00:35:17,760
hope and as a dc resident i'm so proud

822
00:35:21,910 --> 00:35:19,680
to know that this building will be

823
00:35:24,470 --> 00:35:21,920
standing in her name

824
00:35:27,190 --> 00:35:24,480
and now it is my pleasure and honor to

825
00:35:52,260 --> 00:35:27,200
present my artwork to the jackson family

826
00:35:52,270 --> 00:36:07,109
[Applause]

827
00:36:11,910 --> 00:36:09,349
thank you good afternoon my name is

828
00:36:16,390 --> 00:36:11,920
wanda denise jackson and i'm the oldest

829
00:36:17,990 --> 00:36:16,400
granddaughter of mary winston jackson

830
00:36:23,030 --> 00:36:18,000
excuse me

831
00:36:27,270 --> 00:36:25,109
mother passed when she was two years old

832
00:36:29,990 --> 00:36:27,280
so her siblings

833
00:36:31,510 --> 00:36:30,000
had to raise her and carry her through

834
00:36:33,750 --> 00:36:31,520
her education

835
00:36:34,950 --> 00:36:33,760
make sure she got her degrees

836
00:36:37,190 --> 00:36:34,960
she was

837
00:36:38,710 --> 00:36:37,200
the last one to graduate of the winston

838
00:36:41,349 --> 00:36:38,720
family from

839
00:36:42,870 --> 00:36:41,359
hampton institute at that time where she

840
00:36:43,829 --> 00:36:42,880
did achieve

841
00:36:47,670 --> 00:36:43,839
her

842
00:36:51,270 --> 00:36:49,510
oh i'm sorry

843
00:36:53,750 --> 00:36:51,280
after graduation

844
00:36:56,470 --> 00:36:53,760
she taught mathematics

845
00:36:57,510 --> 00:36:56,480
in maryland where she also tutored high

846
00:36:59,910 --> 00:36:57,520
school

847
00:37:02,390 --> 00:36:59,920
and was a college student

848
00:37:04,069 --> 00:37:02,400
grandma married levi jackson senior in

849
00:37:06,710 --> 00:37:04,079
1944

850
00:37:08,550 --> 00:37:06,720
and had two children levi jackson jr in

851
00:37:11,990 --> 00:37:08,560
1964.

852
00:37:14,310 --> 00:37:12,000
and calamari in 1955.

853
00:37:16,230 --> 00:37:14,320
grandma was a very

854
00:37:18,150 --> 00:37:16,240
loving caring

855
00:37:21,030 --> 00:37:18,160
and feisty woman

856
00:37:23,190 --> 00:37:21,040
she was that type of person

857
00:37:27,430 --> 00:37:23,200
who would do anything

858
00:37:28,950 --> 00:37:27,440
for anybody no questions asked

859
00:37:31,589 --> 00:37:28,960
whatever you needed whether it was

860
00:37:33,430 --> 00:37:31,599
finance whether it was food

861
00:37:34,950 --> 00:37:33,440
whether it was love whether it was a

862
00:37:37,750 --> 00:37:34,960
place to live

863
00:37:40,150 --> 00:37:37,760
our door was a revolving door

864
00:37:42,390 --> 00:37:40,160
for many people to live

865
00:37:44,790 --> 00:37:42,400
many people to come stay

866
00:37:47,349 --> 00:37:44,800
even if you needed counseling

867
00:37:49,829 --> 00:37:47,359
washing clothes whatever

868
00:37:51,750 --> 00:37:49,839
our house was always open to any and

869
00:37:55,270 --> 00:37:51,760
everybody

870
00:37:57,829 --> 00:37:55,280
she was that mentor

871
00:37:58,870 --> 00:37:57,839
that educator she did influence a lot of

872
00:38:02,470 --> 00:37:58,880
people

873
00:38:04,550 --> 00:38:02,480
there are a lot of individuals

874
00:38:07,750 --> 00:38:04,560
who went into the engineer department

875
00:38:09,670 --> 00:38:07,760
who went into the mathematics department

876
00:38:11,829 --> 00:38:09,680
because of what she knew

877
00:38:15,910 --> 00:38:11,839
because of what she taught

878
00:38:22,069 --> 00:38:20,069
and this present time at 2021 we are now

879
00:38:25,349 --> 00:38:22,079
on the seventh generation

880
00:38:27,589 --> 00:38:25,359
at hampton ins or hampton university so

881
00:38:29,109 --> 00:38:27,599
we are still achieving

882
00:38:31,349 --> 00:38:29,119
our family is still putting out

883
00:38:33,349 --> 00:38:31,359
engineers doctors

884
00:38:35,990 --> 00:38:33,359
as well as lawyers

885
00:38:37,589 --> 00:38:36,000
i would like to thank everybody for this

886
00:38:40,150 --> 00:38:37,599
opportunity

887
00:38:43,030 --> 00:38:40,160
i have had the honor all my life of

888
00:38:46,069 --> 00:38:43,040
knowing her of traveling with her

889
00:38:48,470 --> 00:38:46,079
eva visiting nasa headquarters when she

890
00:38:50,150 --> 00:38:48,480
was here tri um training

891
00:38:51,510 --> 00:38:50,160
we would come up on the weekends because

892
00:38:53,990 --> 00:38:51,520
she lived here

893
00:38:55,990 --> 00:38:54,000
so we would come up on the weekends to

894
00:38:57,750 --> 00:38:56,000
spend the weekends with her as well as

895
00:38:59,030 --> 00:38:57,760
my aunt because my aunt also lived up

896
00:39:00,630 --> 00:38:59,040
here too

897
00:39:02,870 --> 00:39:00,640
going back and forth

898
00:39:04,980 --> 00:39:02,880
it was exciting

899
00:39:06,150 --> 00:39:04,990
but not exciting

900
00:39:07,910 --> 00:39:06,160
[Music]

901
00:39:10,230 --> 00:39:07,920
our exciting moments was when she helped

902
00:39:13,270 --> 00:39:10,240
design the space shuttle it was exciting

903
00:39:14,710 --> 00:39:13,280
for about 30 days she had the model up

904
00:39:16,470 --> 00:39:14,720
next thing you know it was gone it was

905
00:39:18,710 --> 00:39:16,480
almost like it was in and out

906
00:39:21,190 --> 00:39:18,720
she never gloated

907
00:39:23,190 --> 00:39:21,200
or bragged about anything she did any of

908
00:39:25,510 --> 00:39:23,200
her accomplishments

909
00:39:27,349 --> 00:39:25,520
or anything like that it was just

910
00:39:29,430 --> 00:39:27,359
who she was

911
00:39:32,310 --> 00:39:29,440
everyday life

912
00:39:35,030 --> 00:39:32,320
just something to do it was just my job

913
00:39:38,069 --> 00:39:35,040
it wasn't anything special

914
00:39:39,109 --> 00:39:38,079
she was special to us she was always our

915
00:39:40,710 --> 00:39:39,119
hero

916
00:39:44,550 --> 00:39:40,720
she was always

917
00:39:47,030 --> 00:39:44,560
our star so i would like to thank

918
00:39:48,950 --> 00:39:47,040
nasa and dority vaughn again for showing

919
00:39:51,510 --> 00:39:48,960
the world

920
00:39:53,349 --> 00:39:51,520
what the winston and jackson family

921
00:39:56,069 --> 00:39:53,359
always knew about her

922
00:39:59,109 --> 00:39:56,079
she was always our special person she

923
00:40:01,109 --> 00:39:59,119
was always our hero

924
00:40:03,270 --> 00:40:01,119
with that being said i would now like to

925
00:40:06,630 --> 00:40:03,280
introduce my brother

926
00:40:27,829 --> 00:40:06,640
brian jackson

927
00:40:33,670 --> 00:40:30,230
good afternoon everyone

928
00:40:35,270 --> 00:40:33,680
first and foremost i'd like to thank god

929
00:40:37,750 --> 00:40:35,280
for waking me up to be a part of this

930
00:40:39,349 --> 00:40:37,760
beautiful day in black history month

931
00:40:41,750 --> 00:40:39,359
my name is brian jackson i'm the

932
00:40:44,230 --> 00:40:41,760
grandson of mary winston jackson

933
00:40:46,710 --> 00:40:44,240
my grandmother was an amazing woman

934
00:40:48,309 --> 00:40:46,720
she was a leader she stood firm and

935
00:40:49,589 --> 00:40:48,319
couldn't stay committed to whatever she

936
00:40:51,589 --> 00:40:49,599
was involved in

937
00:40:53,910 --> 00:40:51,599
until it was complete

938
00:40:56,069 --> 00:40:53,920
she paved the way for so many without us

939
00:40:57,030 --> 00:40:56,079
even knowing cause she was a warrior

940
00:41:00,150 --> 00:40:57,040
someone

941
00:41:01,990 --> 00:41:00,160
who wouldn't take no for an answer

942
00:41:03,349 --> 00:41:02,000
excuse me

943
00:41:05,349 --> 00:41:03,359
someone who wouldn't take no for an

944
00:41:07,270 --> 00:41:05,359
answer if she felt she was making the

945
00:41:09,190 --> 00:41:07,280
change to better something

946
00:41:10,950 --> 00:41:09,200
growing up

947
00:41:13,190 --> 00:41:10,960
she would take me to langley

948
00:41:14,710 --> 00:41:13,200
show me around and visit the wind tunnel

949
00:41:16,630 --> 00:41:14,720
where she worked

950
00:41:18,150 --> 00:41:16,640
but i never knew how much of an impact

951
00:41:19,829 --> 00:41:18,160
she had at langley

952
00:41:21,349 --> 00:41:19,839
even in the community

953
00:41:22,950 --> 00:41:21,359
i knew she was somewhere unimportant

954
00:41:24,630 --> 00:41:22,960
based on the conversation she would have

955
00:41:27,349 --> 00:41:24,640
with other people

956
00:41:29,349 --> 00:41:27,359
they always spoke with the utmost

957
00:41:32,230 --> 00:41:29,359
respect the kind of respect that you

958
00:41:33,910 --> 00:41:32,240
give someone a person of power

959
00:41:36,069 --> 00:41:33,920
almost as if you seen your teacher in

960
00:41:38,470 --> 00:41:36,079
the hallway and she asked how you doing

961
00:41:39,910 --> 00:41:38,480
you just responded differently

962
00:41:41,349 --> 00:41:39,920
but when you heard my grandmother's name

963
00:41:42,470 --> 00:41:41,359
today when you hear the name mary

964
00:41:44,069 --> 00:41:42,480
jackson

965
00:41:45,990 --> 00:41:44,079
you think wow

966
00:41:47,270 --> 00:41:46,000
what a brilliant woman

967
00:41:48,630 --> 00:41:47,280
loving mother

968
00:41:50,309 --> 00:41:48,640
grandmother

969
00:41:53,990 --> 00:41:50,319
role model

970
00:41:55,430 --> 00:41:54,000
educated talented determined

971
00:41:57,270 --> 00:41:55,440
teacher

972
00:41:58,950 --> 00:41:57,280
a hero

973
00:42:01,270 --> 00:41:58,960
believe it or not she really was all

974
00:42:02,790 --> 00:42:01,280
that bothered into one woman

975
00:42:05,430 --> 00:42:02,800
but i'm gonna share time with you one

976
00:42:07,430 --> 00:42:05,440
day i thought she was a genius you could

977
00:42:09,589 --> 00:42:07,440
have told me einstein was related and i

978
00:42:11,430 --> 00:42:09,599
would have believed it

979
00:42:14,069 --> 00:42:11,440
i was 11 years old i had a science

980
00:42:16,470 --> 00:42:14,079
project it was a week to turn it in and

981
00:42:19,030 --> 00:42:16,480
i haven't thought of anything

982
00:42:21,030 --> 00:42:19,040
so she asked brian you know what you're

983
00:42:22,790 --> 00:42:21,040
going to do for your project

984
00:42:23,910 --> 00:42:22,800
i said now yeah grandma she said i have

985
00:42:25,829 --> 00:42:23,920
an idea

986
00:42:28,309 --> 00:42:25,839
i said what's that she said the monarch

987
00:42:29,829 --> 00:42:28,319
butterfly immediately

988
00:42:32,230 --> 00:42:29,839
i started thinking

989
00:42:35,270 --> 00:42:32,240
i can't go to school with a butterfly

990
00:42:36,150 --> 00:42:35,280
my kid the classmate's gonna laugh at me

991
00:42:37,670 --> 00:42:36,160
so

992
00:42:40,390 --> 00:42:37,680
but i couldn't go without a project

993
00:42:41,990 --> 00:42:40,400
neither so i researched the butterfly

994
00:42:43,349 --> 00:42:42,000
and come to find out the butterfly was

995
00:42:45,829 --> 00:42:43,359
pretty interesting

996
00:42:48,150 --> 00:42:45,839
to me it was a bad butterfly they had an

997
00:42:48,950 --> 00:42:48,160
eastern western monarchs

998
00:42:51,349 --> 00:42:48,960
uh

999
00:42:53,270 --> 00:42:51,359
then they feed off of these milkweeds

1000
00:42:55,190 --> 00:42:53,280
and they they put poison they store

1001
00:42:56,390 --> 00:42:55,200
poison in their body and they fly around

1002
00:42:58,390 --> 00:42:56,400
ton

1003
00:43:00,230 --> 00:42:58,400
other animals if you mess with me i'mma

1004
00:43:00,950 --> 00:43:00,240
poison you

1005
00:43:03,910 --> 00:43:00,960
so

1006
00:43:05,510 --> 00:43:03,920
i presented the science project and in

1007
00:43:07,109 --> 00:43:05,520
classroom and

1008
00:43:09,030 --> 00:43:07,119
just as i suspected some of the

1009
00:43:10,710 --> 00:43:09,040
classmates were laughing i thought it

1010
00:43:13,109 --> 00:43:10,720
was funny too but i didn't care my

1011
00:43:14,790 --> 00:43:13,119
grandma helped me with this project

1012
00:43:16,470 --> 00:43:14,800
i stood firm with it

1013
00:43:19,910 --> 00:43:16,480
i attended the project

1014
00:43:21,270 --> 00:43:19,920
and it came to classes

1015
00:43:23,109 --> 00:43:21,280
uh to

1016
00:43:23,910 --> 00:43:23,119
take projects to compete in the science

1017
00:43:26,069 --> 00:43:23,920
fair

1018
00:43:28,150 --> 00:43:26,079
and when i tell you that butterflies

1019
00:43:30,950 --> 00:43:28,160
monarch butterfly made it in the

1020
00:43:33,510 --> 00:43:30,960
cafeteria where i had inside there

1021
00:43:36,470 --> 00:43:33,520
so when the judges come

1022
00:43:39,030 --> 00:43:36,480
up to my project i presented same way

1023
00:43:42,390 --> 00:43:39,040
as i did in class and by the way no

1024
00:43:44,390 --> 00:43:42,400
animals were hurt during this project

1025
00:43:47,030 --> 00:43:44,400
i presented the project

1026
00:43:49,430 --> 00:43:47,040
didn't think that

1027
00:43:51,589 --> 00:43:49,440
go go home come in next day

1028
00:43:53,430 --> 00:43:51,599
school auditorium

1029
00:43:55,190 --> 00:43:53,440
the news come on for school in the

1030
00:43:56,550 --> 00:43:55,200
morning and they're announcing all the

1031
00:44:01,030 --> 00:43:56,560
winners

1032
00:44:03,670 --> 00:44:01,040
calling out names calling out names

1033
00:44:05,990 --> 00:44:03,680
then they say brian jackson

1034
00:44:09,030 --> 00:44:06,000
everybody in my classroom shot like like

1035
00:44:10,790 --> 00:44:09,040
what did brian jackson's third place

1036
00:44:12,550 --> 00:44:10,800
i was even shocked i couldn't believe i

1037
00:44:14,230 --> 00:44:12,560
wasn't expecting to hear my name

1038
00:44:16,069 --> 00:44:14,240
everyone was shocked and happy and

1039
00:44:17,109 --> 00:44:16,079
because of the project getting third

1040
00:44:19,510 --> 00:44:17,119
place

1041
00:44:21,910 --> 00:44:19,520
at class had a pizza party because it

1042
00:44:24,230 --> 00:44:21,920
was our classroom we had the project so

1043
00:44:25,829 --> 00:44:24,240
everybody was happy it was crying yeah

1044
00:44:27,670 --> 00:44:25,839
it was i was the man i felt like that

1045
00:44:31,030 --> 00:44:27,680
was the best day of my life

1046
00:44:32,710 --> 00:44:31,040
i go home tell my grandma say grandma i

1047
00:44:34,710 --> 00:44:32,720
got third place in the science project

1048
00:44:36,630 --> 00:44:34,720
and she just smirked

1049
00:44:37,430 --> 00:44:36,640
like she knew the project was gonna do

1050
00:44:38,950 --> 00:44:37,440
good

1051
00:44:40,390 --> 00:44:38,960
she knew the project was gonna do girl

1052
00:44:42,950 --> 00:44:40,400
so

1053
00:44:45,109 --> 00:44:42,960
when i wake up in the morning

1054
00:44:46,309 --> 00:44:45,119
knowing the woman i love honored and

1055
00:44:48,230 --> 00:44:46,319
respected

1056
00:44:50,790 --> 00:44:48,240
all my life

1057
00:44:52,790 --> 00:44:50,800
because the statue of hampton university

1058
00:44:55,589 --> 00:44:52,800
that i can go visit

1059
00:44:59,109 --> 00:44:55,599
a community center in hampton that my

1060
00:45:02,069 --> 00:44:59,119
kids will be attending next year

1061
00:45:04,710 --> 00:45:02,079
a high school i mean a elementary school

1062
00:45:06,150 --> 00:45:04,720
that kids will be graduating from every

1063
00:45:08,390 --> 00:45:06,160
year

1064
00:45:11,430 --> 00:45:08,400
a movie that i can put on the big screen

1065
00:45:14,150 --> 00:45:11,440
at any time i want

1066
00:45:19,589 --> 00:45:14,160
a congressional gold medal

1067
00:45:23,109 --> 00:45:20,790
excuse me

1068
00:45:24,630 --> 00:45:23,119
and now in washington d.c

1069
00:45:26,550 --> 00:45:24,640
representing national

1070
00:45:28,230 --> 00:45:26,560
nasa's headquarters

1071
00:45:29,750 --> 00:45:28,240
there's no words that can explain how

1072
00:45:32,710 --> 00:45:29,760
i'm feeling right now

1073
00:45:35,030 --> 00:45:32,720
i'm overwhelmed with joy and honor and

1074
00:45:37,510 --> 00:45:35,040
on the behalf of the jackson family

1075
00:45:39,670 --> 00:45:37,520
my uncle raymond sister keshanta and

1076
00:45:41,349 --> 00:45:39,680
wanda and i would like to thank everyone

1077
00:45:42,630 --> 00:45:41,359
that was involved in these projects

1078
00:45:44,550 --> 00:45:42,640
coming forth

1079
00:45:46,470 --> 00:45:44,560
and thank you god bless

1080
00:46:10,390 --> 00:45:46,480
and following me

1081
00:46:14,230 --> 00:46:12,309
so given we're in a nation's capital i'd

1082
00:46:15,990 --> 00:46:14,240
really like to yield my time to brian

1083
00:46:17,510 --> 00:46:16,000
because i could have heard more of that

1084
00:46:19,190 --> 00:46:17,520
thank you for sharing those stories i

1085
00:46:20,630 --> 00:46:19,200
was very personal and heartfelt so i was

1086
00:46:23,030 --> 00:46:20,640
right there with you

1087
00:46:25,030 --> 00:46:23,040
so now please join me

1088
00:46:28,309 --> 00:46:25,040
in enjoying the reflections of mary w

1089
00:46:30,069 --> 00:46:28,319
jackson's lasting influence and impact

1090
00:46:34,230 --> 00:46:30,079
and after that we'll have the unveiling

1091
00:46:40,069 --> 00:46:36,710
i first met mary jackson in

1092
00:46:43,349 --> 00:46:40,079
march of 1962

1093
00:46:47,109 --> 00:46:43,359
when i came to nasa lately

1094
00:46:48,230 --> 00:46:47,119
as one of the first four black engineers

1095
00:46:50,150 --> 00:46:48,240
so

1096
00:46:52,630 --> 00:46:50,160
it was a time

1097
00:46:56,390 --> 00:46:52,640
of frustration many times

1098
00:46:58,470 --> 00:46:56,400
but it was a time of overcoming

1099
00:46:59,750 --> 00:46:58,480
overcoming all of the obstacles that

1100
00:47:02,150 --> 00:46:59,760
people placed

1101
00:47:03,670 --> 00:47:02,160
in our way

1102
00:47:05,349 --> 00:47:03,680
to become

1103
00:47:06,950 --> 00:47:05,359
full-fledged

1104
00:47:09,190 --> 00:47:06,960
engineers

1105
00:47:10,950 --> 00:47:09,200
with the ability to work

1106
00:47:12,710 --> 00:47:10,960
critical critical

1107
00:47:14,790 --> 00:47:12,720
national programs

1108
00:47:17,750 --> 00:47:14,800
like the space program

1109
00:47:20,710 --> 00:47:17,760
many of the engineers and scientists

1110
00:47:21,990 --> 00:47:20,720
did not think of us as qualified or

1111
00:47:24,069 --> 00:47:22,000
worthy

1112
00:47:25,109 --> 00:47:24,079
to be engineers of such an important

1113
00:47:28,069 --> 00:47:25,119
national

1114
00:47:31,510 --> 00:47:28,079
program mary jackson was able to

1115
00:47:32,870 --> 00:47:31,520
dispel from the standpoint

1116
00:47:34,549 --> 00:47:32,880
not of that

1117
00:47:36,390 --> 00:47:34,559
my coworker's attitudes or her

1118
00:47:38,790 --> 00:47:36,400
co-workers attitudes

1119
00:47:41,030 --> 00:47:38,800
but because of our own attitudes and how

1120
00:47:43,270 --> 00:47:41,040
we should conduct ourselves

1121
00:47:45,109 --> 00:47:43,280
was always move forward

1122
00:47:46,950 --> 00:47:45,119
do your job

1123
00:47:49,510 --> 00:47:46,960
be the best you can be

1124
00:47:52,069 --> 00:47:49,520
and we'll all be okay

1125
00:47:53,750 --> 00:47:52,079
and that's what i take

1126
00:47:54,710 --> 00:47:53,760
mary jackson's

1127
00:47:57,430 --> 00:47:54,720
life

1128
00:47:59,910 --> 00:47:57,440
and her interaction with me

1129
00:48:02,630 --> 00:47:59,920
and i truly appreciate

1130
00:48:04,470 --> 00:48:02,640
all of the things she did for myself

1131
00:48:06,630 --> 00:48:04,480
and my family

1132
00:48:07,430 --> 00:48:06,640
my community

1133
00:48:09,990 --> 00:48:07,440
and

1134
00:48:12,870 --> 00:48:10,000
what she did for nasa as a young black

1135
00:48:15,349 --> 00:48:12,880
engineer at nasa langley um you know

1136
00:48:17,270 --> 00:48:15,359
there aren't many of us there and so you

1137
00:48:18,870 --> 00:48:17,280
try to look for the other

1138
00:48:20,870 --> 00:48:18,880
african-american

1139
00:48:24,549 --> 00:48:20,880
engineers there

1140
00:48:26,309 --> 00:48:24,559
and at langley they had a

1141
00:48:28,790 --> 00:48:26,319
chapter of the national technical

1142
00:48:29,990 --> 00:48:28,800
association uh the hampton roads chapter

1143
00:48:31,990 --> 00:48:30,000
of nta

1144
00:48:34,790 --> 00:48:32,000
and it was through that association that

1145
00:48:36,950 --> 00:48:34,800
i got to meet mary and people like

1146
00:48:39,270 --> 00:48:36,960
katherine johnson and christine darton

1147
00:48:41,349 --> 00:48:39,280
and other folks mary was very active in

1148
00:48:44,230 --> 00:48:41,359
that and i can remember many of meetings

1149
00:48:46,230 --> 00:48:44,240
that we met at oftentimes at nasa

1150
00:48:47,030 --> 00:48:46,240
langley we would have meetings where we

1151
00:48:49,430 --> 00:48:47,040
would

1152
00:48:51,589 --> 00:48:49,440
discuss and plan programs like a student

1153
00:48:54,390 --> 00:48:51,599
symposia where we would bring

1154
00:48:56,069 --> 00:48:54,400
college kids to nasa langley

1155
00:48:58,549 --> 00:48:56,079
and

1156
00:49:00,390 --> 00:48:58,559
get them to present

1157
00:49:01,910 --> 00:49:00,400
their work that they were doing in

1158
00:49:03,589 --> 00:49:01,920
school leave either

1159
00:49:05,990 --> 00:49:03,599
technical papers that they were writing

1160
00:49:08,790 --> 00:49:06,000
or research that they were conducting

1161
00:49:10,710 --> 00:49:08,800
and we would also let them see some of

1162
00:49:12,870 --> 00:49:10,720
the experimental and scientific

1163
00:49:13,750 --> 00:49:12,880
stabilities of langley and get a chance

1164
00:49:14,870 --> 00:49:13,760
to see

1165
00:49:16,630 --> 00:49:14,880
you know what

1166
00:49:19,670 --> 00:49:16,640
the real working engineers that looked

1167
00:49:22,710 --> 00:49:19,680
like them were doing uh for the space

1168
00:49:24,790 --> 00:49:22,720
agency and oftentimes after the meetings

1169
00:49:26,790 --> 00:49:24,800
were over we'd go over to mary's house

1170
00:49:28,549 --> 00:49:26,800
on queen street and then we'd have the

1171
00:49:30,950 --> 00:49:28,559
meeting after the meeting and that's

1172
00:49:33,430 --> 00:49:30,960
where i really got to see how involved

1173
00:49:35,430 --> 00:49:33,440
mary was in the local community because

1174
00:49:36,470 --> 00:49:35,440
there was just always somebody at her

1175
00:49:39,030 --> 00:49:36,480
house

1176
00:49:41,829 --> 00:49:39,040
local kids who come there to get math

1177
00:49:43,670 --> 00:49:41,839
tutoring or help with their homework i

1178
00:49:45,750 --> 00:49:43,680
mean she always had somebody over there

1179
00:49:49,030 --> 00:49:45,760
that she was helping and it was just

1180
00:49:50,150 --> 00:49:49,040
like a great big family

1181
00:49:52,549 --> 00:49:50,160
that

1182
00:49:55,589 --> 00:49:52,559
she always had there in her house and

1183
00:49:56,470 --> 00:49:55,599
she was just so dedicated to to helping

1184
00:49:58,470 --> 00:49:56,480
people

1185
00:50:00,710 --> 00:49:58,480
i started my career i lived with miss

1186
00:50:03,190 --> 00:50:00,720
jackson and her family

1187
00:50:04,069 --> 00:50:03,200
when the book hidden figures

1188
00:50:07,109 --> 00:50:04,079
first

1189
00:50:08,950 --> 00:50:07,119
came out written by margaret shetterly i

1190
00:50:11,510 --> 00:50:08,960
began to reminisce and i wondered how

1191
00:50:13,030 --> 00:50:11,520
did i come to know mary jackson how did

1192
00:50:15,510 --> 00:50:13,040
that even happen

1193
00:50:17,990 --> 00:50:15,520
so i began to search some old photos and

1194
00:50:19,589 --> 00:50:18,000
i found a photo of me

1195
00:50:20,950 --> 00:50:19,599
and miss jackson along with her

1196
00:50:23,829 --> 00:50:20,960
granddaughter

1197
00:50:26,470 --> 00:50:23,839
the photo was taken at my college

1198
00:50:28,630 --> 00:50:26,480
graduation dinner party

1199
00:50:29,829 --> 00:50:28,640
i knew mary jackson before working at

1200
00:50:32,470 --> 00:50:29,839
nasa

1201
00:50:34,549 --> 00:50:32,480
i went to hampton undergrad

1202
00:50:38,790 --> 00:50:34,559
and i met her pastor

1203
00:50:41,510 --> 00:50:38,800
her pastor gave me a receptionist job at

1204
00:50:43,670 --> 00:50:41,520
at their church and i knew he didn't

1205
00:50:46,950 --> 00:50:43,680
need a receptionist he was just making a

1206
00:50:50,390 --> 00:50:46,960
way for me to make a little extra money

1207
00:50:51,589 --> 00:50:50,400
i was a freshman at the time

1208
00:50:53,750 --> 00:50:51,599
later

1209
00:50:55,349 --> 00:50:53,760
i told him that i was going to be

1210
00:50:57,190 --> 00:50:55,359
working at nasa

1211
00:50:59,510 --> 00:50:57,200
he must have had a conversation with ms

1212
00:51:02,150 --> 00:50:59,520
jackson because miss jackson offered me

1213
00:51:04,150 --> 00:51:02,160
to live with her and her family

1214
00:51:06,549 --> 00:51:04,160
they were so welcoming and it was such a

1215
00:51:09,190 --> 00:51:06,559
blessing to me because i was

1216
00:51:10,950 --> 00:51:09,200
about in my 20s and it was my first time

1217
00:51:11,750 --> 00:51:10,960
moving away from home

1218
00:51:13,109 --> 00:51:11,760
so

1219
00:51:15,270 --> 00:51:13,119
to be

1220
00:51:18,470 --> 00:51:15,280
welcomed into such a beautiful and kind

1221
00:51:21,109 --> 00:51:18,480
family was just such a blessing

1222
00:51:23,270 --> 00:51:21,119
her husband levi jackson which we

1223
00:51:24,309 --> 00:51:23,280
affectionately called jack taught me how

1224
00:51:25,750 --> 00:51:24,319
to cook

1225
00:51:26,870 --> 00:51:25,760
and someone asked people what did he

1226
00:51:28,710 --> 00:51:26,880
teach you

1227
00:51:31,109 --> 00:51:28,720
and one dish did i remember is he taught

1228
00:51:33,109 --> 00:51:31,119
me how to bake a turkey i knew miss

1229
00:51:35,150 --> 00:51:33,119
jackson was brilliant but i didn't know

1230
00:51:39,109 --> 00:51:35,160
that she was the first

1231
00:51:42,549 --> 00:51:39,119
african-american female engineer at nasa

1232
00:51:44,069 --> 00:51:42,559
until i saw the movie hitting figures

1233
00:51:47,030 --> 00:51:44,079
miss jackson

1234
00:51:49,030 --> 00:51:47,040
was just so humble and she didn't brag

1235
00:51:51,270 --> 00:51:49,040
about any of her athletes i knew that

1236
00:51:53,589 --> 00:51:51,280
she was brilliant and i mean she made a

1237
00:51:55,109 --> 00:51:53,599
lot of contributions at nasa and she

1238
00:51:57,910 --> 00:51:55,119
helped a lot of people

1239
00:52:00,150 --> 00:51:57,920
not just african-americans but she also

1240
00:52:02,069 --> 00:52:00,160
she helped all people

1241
00:52:05,349 --> 00:52:02,079
when i first came there i it's

1242
00:52:07,750 --> 00:52:05,359
interesting one there was a little girl

1243
00:52:10,069 --> 00:52:07,760
barely crawling on the floor when i met

1244
00:52:12,150 --> 00:52:10,079
miss jackson back during the stage

1245
00:52:13,990 --> 00:52:12,160
and we went over there all the time you

1246
00:52:16,230 --> 00:52:14,000
know we needed something to eat or just

1247
00:52:18,710 --> 00:52:16,240
to hang out we should come see mr

1248
00:52:21,349 --> 00:52:18,720
jackson it's called mama jack and we

1249
00:52:23,510 --> 00:52:21,359
call mr jackson daddy jack

1250
00:52:25,670 --> 00:52:23,520
and uh i really remember those days and

1251
00:52:28,470 --> 00:52:25,680
they're very important to me

1252
00:52:30,950 --> 00:52:28,480
great impact on my life

1253
00:52:32,710 --> 00:52:30,960
and i can remember uh she took a

1254
00:52:34,470 --> 00:52:32,720
personal interest in me

1255
00:52:36,390 --> 00:52:34,480
in terms of my career

1256
00:52:39,349 --> 00:52:36,400
you know if i screwed something up

1257
00:52:41,190 --> 00:52:39,359
somehow she found out and almost before

1258
00:52:44,390 --> 00:52:41,200
i got back to my desk she was calling me

1259
00:52:46,630 --> 00:52:44,400
on the phone she said what you doing man

1260
00:52:48,549 --> 00:52:46,640
what she just did you know and it was

1261
00:52:50,390 --> 00:52:48,559
something good she was the one the first

1262
00:52:51,270 --> 00:52:50,400
people would call i don't know how she

1263
00:52:53,030 --> 00:52:51,280
knew

1264
00:52:55,990 --> 00:52:53,040
to this day you know

1265
00:52:58,309 --> 00:52:56,000
but that was this kind of person she was

1266
00:53:01,030 --> 00:52:58,319
and and i can remember she had a strong

1267
00:53:02,870 --> 00:53:01,040
love for her church and the community

1268
00:53:04,950 --> 00:53:02,880
you know and because she cared a lot

1269
00:53:05,990 --> 00:53:04,960
about kids she took a lot of people into

1270
00:53:08,790 --> 00:53:06,000
church

1271
00:53:11,190 --> 00:53:08,800
and she also advised me a lot of times

1272
00:53:13,030 --> 00:53:11,200
in terms of when i messed up

1273
00:53:14,630 --> 00:53:13,040
she told me about and when i did good

1274
00:53:16,710 --> 00:53:14,640
she told him about

1275
00:53:18,950 --> 00:53:16,720
i am honored to pay tribute to our alpha

1276
00:53:21,349 --> 00:53:18,960
kappa alpha sorority sister ms mary

1277
00:53:23,190 --> 00:53:21,359
jackson for her contributions to nasa

1278
00:53:25,109 --> 00:53:23,200
the space program and the fields of math

1279
00:53:26,630 --> 00:53:25,119
and science her accomplishments

1280
00:53:29,030 --> 00:53:26,640
underscore alpha kappa alpha's

1281
00:53:31,750 --> 00:53:29,040
commitment to education and encouraging

1282
00:53:34,230 --> 00:53:31,760
young women to pursue careers in math

1283
00:53:36,549 --> 00:53:34,240
science and engineering this newly named

1284
00:53:39,109 --> 00:53:36,559
facility will be a tangible way for them

1285
00:53:41,030 --> 00:53:39,119
to see the contributions of ms jackson

1286
00:53:43,349 --> 00:53:41,040
and the women of the west area computing

1287
00:53:45,829 --> 00:53:43,359
unit that are no longer hidden but very

1288
00:53:47,829 --> 00:53:45,839
visible in our nation's capital mary

1289
00:53:50,710 --> 00:53:47,839
jackson was my girl scout leader from

1290
00:53:52,150 --> 00:53:50,720
brownies to seniors 10 years

1291
00:53:55,109 --> 00:53:52,160
during that time she became like a

1292
00:53:58,309 --> 00:53:55,119
mother to me in fact all the girls we

1293
00:54:00,470 --> 00:53:58,319
were known as mrs jackson's girls

1294
00:54:03,190 --> 00:54:00,480
there are thousands of girls and young

1295
00:54:05,750 --> 00:54:03,200
women all over america who are potential

1296
00:54:10,309 --> 00:54:05,760
mary jacksons they need to hear the

1297
00:54:12,150 --> 00:54:10,319
stories of fantastic women like her

1298
00:54:13,750 --> 00:54:12,160
when i started my master career i was

1299
00:54:15,510 --> 00:54:13,760
doing computational modeling of

1300
00:54:17,670 --> 00:54:15,520
aerodynamic phenomena

1301
00:54:19,349 --> 00:54:17,680
and mary's contributions proved to me

1302
00:54:21,829 --> 00:54:19,359
that i too could achieve excellence in

1303
00:54:24,549 --> 00:54:21,839
aeronautics research her work in advance

1304
00:54:26,309 --> 00:54:24,559
in the u.s space program was monumental

1305
00:54:28,230 --> 00:54:26,319
and gives me a great sense of pride to

1306
00:54:30,150 --> 00:54:28,240
know that african american women were

1307
00:54:33,030 --> 00:54:30,160
leaders in one of our country's greatest

1308
00:54:35,430 --> 00:54:33,040
scientific and engineering successes

1309
00:54:37,430 --> 00:54:35,440
just as important the opportunity that i

1310
00:54:38,870 --> 00:54:37,440
had to work with mary on national

1311
00:54:41,190 --> 00:54:38,880
technical associations fifth and

1312
00:54:43,030 --> 00:54:41,200
conferences help spark my desire to

1313
00:54:43,910 --> 00:54:43,040
develop a diverse workforce for the

1314
00:54:46,710 --> 00:54:43,920
future

1315
00:54:48,870 --> 00:54:46,720
and that desire continues today

1316
00:54:50,870 --> 00:54:48,880
we name builders for people to recognize

1317
00:54:53,190 --> 00:54:50,880
their contributions and how they live

1318
00:54:55,349 --> 00:54:53,200
their lives the one examines mary's

1319
00:54:57,510 --> 00:54:55,359
contributions to the american public

1320
00:55:00,069 --> 00:54:57,520
via her engineering excellence opening

1321
00:55:01,990 --> 00:55:00,079
her home to new langley employees making

1322
00:55:04,470 --> 00:55:02,000
sure that everyone at nasa had equal

1323
00:55:06,789 --> 00:55:04,480
opportunities to succeed or develop in

1324
00:55:08,309 --> 00:55:06,799
future generations of explorers

1325
00:55:10,549 --> 00:55:08,319
it's appropriate that the nasa

1326
00:55:12,630 --> 00:55:10,559
headquarters bill to be named for her i

1327
00:55:14,950 --> 00:55:12,640
am very pleased that mary is being

1328
00:55:17,349 --> 00:55:14,960
honored in this way

1329
00:55:19,349 --> 00:55:17,359
my first interactions with mary jackson

1330
00:55:20,950 --> 00:55:19,359
were way before i ever thought i'd be

1331
00:55:22,549 --> 00:55:20,960
working at nasa langley and i didn't

1332
00:55:23,589 --> 00:55:22,559
know she did either

1333
00:55:25,510 --> 00:55:23,599
my

1334
00:55:28,230 --> 00:55:25,520
childhood

1335
00:55:30,150 --> 00:55:28,240
first cousins were belong to her church

1336
00:55:32,470 --> 00:55:30,160
and my sister and i were invited to

1337
00:55:34,390 --> 00:55:32,480
vacation bible school every year

1338
00:55:35,589 --> 00:55:34,400
where she was definitely a leader and

1339
00:55:38,390 --> 00:55:35,599
stood out

1340
00:55:41,030 --> 00:55:38,400
and then later when i became a nasa

1341
00:55:43,109 --> 00:55:41,040
employee mary reached out to me and she

1342
00:55:44,309 --> 00:55:43,119
did many of the african-american

1343
00:55:46,789 --> 00:55:44,319
employees

1344
00:55:49,270 --> 00:55:46,799
just to welcome me and let me know that

1345
00:55:51,990 --> 00:55:49,280
there was a support system there and she

1346
00:55:54,870 --> 00:55:52,000
also encouraged me to join the national

1347
00:55:56,630 --> 00:55:54,880
technical association and get involved

1348
00:55:58,630 --> 00:55:56,640
and make making sure that i published

1349
00:56:01,589 --> 00:55:58,640
and went to the technical conferences

1350
00:56:05,270 --> 00:56:01,599
you know it's been said that every

1351
00:56:07,829 --> 00:56:05,280
aircraft that has flown has gone through

1352
00:56:09,349 --> 00:56:07,839
the wind tunnels at nasa

1353
00:56:12,630 --> 00:56:09,359
langley so

1354
00:56:15,589 --> 00:56:12,640
the way i see mary's contributions is

1355
00:56:16,870 --> 00:56:15,599
that her fingerprints is on just about

1356
00:56:18,069 --> 00:56:16,880
every

1357
00:56:22,230 --> 00:56:18,079
aircraft

1358
00:56:23,270 --> 00:56:22,240
that flies in the in the world so i and

1359
00:56:26,069 --> 00:56:23,280
to think

1360
00:56:28,710 --> 00:56:26,079
that that is something that was done

1361
00:56:32,870 --> 00:56:28,720
her contributions were were done by

1362
00:56:33,910 --> 00:56:32,880
someone who looks like me i want to see

1363
00:56:36,549 --> 00:56:33,920
girls

1364
00:56:39,190 --> 00:56:36,559
who look like mary become the next

1365
00:56:41,910 --> 00:56:39,200
generation of scientists and engineers

1366
00:56:44,710 --> 00:56:41,920
and and and whatever but you need those

1367
00:56:48,309 --> 00:56:44,720
ropes you really need those role models

1368
00:56:51,910 --> 00:56:48,319
in order in order to capture the minds

1369
00:56:54,470 --> 00:56:51,920
of folks in the third and fourth grade

1370
00:56:56,069 --> 00:56:54,480
that's so bad that they can see yes i

1371
00:56:59,430 --> 00:56:56,079
can do this

1372
00:57:02,950 --> 00:56:59,440
it's so important that we learn how to

1373
00:57:03,829 --> 00:57:02,960
reach back and bring people up with us

1374
00:57:16,470 --> 00:57:03,839
and

1375
00:57:18,549 --> 00:57:16,480
there that were looking out for us even

1376
00:57:20,630 --> 00:57:18,559
if they never said anything

1377
00:57:23,190 --> 00:57:20,640
they knew who we were they knew where we

1378
00:57:24,630 --> 00:57:23,200
were they stepped in to give us advice

1379
00:57:27,589 --> 00:57:24,640
when we needed it and they were there

1380
00:57:30,870 --> 00:57:27,599
for us when we sought it out

1381
00:57:32,230 --> 00:57:30,880
and um and it's so important for for

1382
00:57:34,870 --> 00:57:32,240
people that are working now to

1383
00:57:37,589 --> 00:57:34,880
understand that no man is an island you

1384
00:57:38,630 --> 00:57:37,599
don't get anywhere without having people

1385
00:57:41,349 --> 00:57:38,640
around you

1386
00:57:44,309 --> 00:57:41,359
[Music]

1387
00:57:46,789 --> 00:57:44,319
and it's so important that all of us

1388
00:57:48,470 --> 00:57:46,799
continue the legacy of these people that

1389
00:57:50,549 --> 00:57:48,480
have come before us that we're standing

1390
00:57:53,990 --> 00:57:50,559
on their shoulders to

1391
00:57:56,390 --> 00:57:54,000
continue to reach out and make sure that

1392
00:57:59,109 --> 00:57:56,400
we see the talent there's talent

1393
00:58:01,030 --> 00:57:59,119
everywhere every human being has

1394
00:58:03,670 --> 00:58:01,040
something to give you have to bring

1395
00:58:09,030 --> 00:58:06,789
mary winston jackson

1396
00:58:12,309 --> 00:58:09,040
a wife mother

1397
00:58:16,069 --> 00:58:12,319
sister and family and church

1398
00:58:18,950 --> 00:58:16,079
quiet energetic humble a beautiful

1399
00:58:22,109 --> 00:58:18,960
person inside and out

1400
00:58:24,870 --> 00:58:22,119
i had the opportunity to be with her as

1401
00:58:26,309 --> 00:58:24,880
semi-caregiver when her health began to

1402
00:58:29,109 --> 00:58:26,319
fail

1403
00:58:32,309 --> 00:58:29,119
mary's homegoing service held february

1404
00:58:35,510 --> 00:58:32,319
the 17th 2005

1405
00:58:37,670 --> 00:58:35,520
and belgium pastor andre p jefferson

1406
00:58:39,589 --> 00:58:37,680
senior chose the topic

1407
00:58:43,270 --> 00:58:39,599
a queenly woman

1408
00:58:46,069 --> 00:58:43,280
for such a time as this

1409
00:58:47,109 --> 00:58:46,079
throughout their lives

1410
00:58:49,270 --> 00:58:47,119
mary

1411
00:58:50,470 --> 00:58:49,280
winston jackson

1412
00:59:05,990 --> 00:58:50,480
a true

1413
00:59:11,670 --> 00:59:08,150
all of us here today stand on the

1414
00:59:14,230 --> 00:59:11,680
shoulders of heroes like mary w jackson

1415
00:59:16,230 --> 00:59:14,240
who broke down barriers for women

1416
00:59:17,510 --> 00:59:16,240
and for people of color in engineering

1417
00:59:19,910 --> 00:59:17,520
and science

1418
00:59:22,230 --> 00:59:19,920
without their contributions nasa would

1419
00:59:23,990 --> 00:59:22,240
not be the leader in space and aviation

1420
00:59:26,309 --> 00:59:24,000
that it is today

1421
00:59:28,390 --> 00:59:26,319
to just discuss her own journey and

1422
00:59:30,789 --> 00:59:28,400
reveal the new headquarters sign i'd

1423
00:59:33,510 --> 00:59:30,799
like to introduce yolanda shea

1424
00:59:34,870 --> 00:59:33,520
yolanda shea is the product sciences for

1425
00:59:36,789 --> 00:59:34,880
the clario

1426
00:59:39,030 --> 00:59:36,799
climate absolute ratings and

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refractivity observatory pathfinder

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mission and is a research sciences at

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nasa langley research center

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her research has focused on what is

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required for robust monitoring

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of earth's changing climate

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in recognition of her technical and

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community service achievements

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she was a recipient of the prestigious

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presidential early career award for

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thank you acting administrator jerzik

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for the introduction

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hello everyone my name is yolanda shea

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and i am an atmospheric scientist at

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nasa langley research center

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i'm proud and excited to be a part of

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today's historic event you may not be

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able to see it but i have a big smile on

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my face

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i'm the project scientist for clario

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pathfinder it's a climate observing

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mission that will take unique high

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accuracy measurements of sunlight

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reflected by earth back to space

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this reflected sunlight will carry

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critical information back to our

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instrument in space that we will use to

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better understand earth's climate and

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help improve the accuracy of other

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satellite instruments

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as i go about my research lead and

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support my team

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and advocate for our mission i focus on

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the important tasks in front of me

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however as i do this work i can't help

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but remember the incredible pioneers who

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have cleared this path for me

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because of how important their examples

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have been to me i do my best to serve as

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an example for those who will become

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tomorrow's leaders

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in an earlier time my career at nasa

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would not have been possible

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thanks to the vision and fortitude of

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many

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we've seen progress

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today the barriers i'm breaking down for

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future generations are smaller than

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those from the past thanks to the legacy

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of strong passionate people like dorothy

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v

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katherine johnson christine darden and

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of course mary jackson

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it's a legacy of ambition and bravery

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and one of equity kindness generosity

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mentorship and belief in our nation's

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with that i'd like to invite members of

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mary jackson's family brian and raymond

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jackson to join me as we dedicate this

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all right will you join me in the

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countdown

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three

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two

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one

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i present to you the mary w jackson nasa

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so thank you for joining us today for

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more information about nasa please go to