Iola Reads puts spotlight on 'Hidden Figures' - The Iola Register

Iola Reads puts spotlight on 'Hidden Figures' - The Iola Register

“Hidden Figures” a popular movie and book based on a group of African American women who helped the United States excel in the early days of the Space Race, is the focus of the upcoming Iola Reads project. The book “Hidden Figures” is about breaking barriers: The speed of sound; a woman’s right to an education and professional career; and the struggles of African Americans during the 1950s and ’60s to be afforded the freedoms granted by the U.S.…