Katherine Johnson was born on August 26th, 1918, in White Sulphur Springs, West Virginia. Back at that time, Greenbrier County did not offer public schooling for ...

She is survived by her husband; two children Shelley J. Carter and Charles A. Johnson, III; and four grandchildren. Katherine was a graduate of Kent School and Bennett Junior College, NY.

Katherine Johnson, born in 1918, loved maths and excelled at a young age. Her town did not have a high school for Black children, but despite racial segregation laws, she persevered and even ...