"Hidden Figure", Christine Darden visits Coast Guard Base Los Angeles-Long Beach [Image 1 of 5]

SAN PEDRO, CALIFORNIA, UNITED STATES

03.16.2018

Photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class DaVonte Marrow 

U.S. Coast Guard District 11 PADET Los Angeles

Christine Darden, a 'Hidden Figure' and one of the first African American women that worked at NASA as a human computer back in the 1960s, spoke Coast Guard members at Coast Guard Base Los Angeles-Long Beach, San Pedro, Calif., March 16, 2018. Christine Darden. In 1967, Christine Darden was added to the pool of 'human computers' who wrote complex programs and tediously crunched numbers for engineers at NASA's Langley Research Center. (U.S. Coast Guard photo released by Petty Officer 3rd Class DaVonte' Marrow.)

• Date Taken: 03.16.2018
• Date Posted: 03.19.2018 13:24
• Photo ID: 4228059
• VIRIN: 180316-G-WK139-1039
• Resolution: 5414x3609
• Size: 7.3 MB
• Location: SAN PEDRO, CALIFORNIA, US
• Hometown: MONROE, NORTH CAROLINA, US