What's the Difference between Hidden Figures the Book and Hidden Figures the Movie?
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In the Movie |
Dorothy Vaughan
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Dorothy Vaughan
Portrayed by: Octavia Spencer
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Katherine Johnson
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Katherine Johnson
Portrayed by: Taraji P. Henson
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Mary Jackson
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Mary Jackson
Portrayed by: Janelle Monae
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This Character does not appear.
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Al Harrison
Portrayed by: Kevin Costner
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This Character does not appear.
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Vivian Mitchell
Portrayed by: Kirsten Dunst
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Paul Stafford
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Paul Stafford
Portrayed by: Jim Parsons
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John Glenn
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John Glenn
Portrayed by: Glen Powell
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jim
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Hidden Figures Book vs Movie
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In the Movie |
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About 50 black women worked as computors, mathematicians, engineers or scientists from 1943-1980. |
The only black NASA employees shown are the female computors. |
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FDR signed EO 8802 to desegregate the defense industry and EO 9346, the Fair Employment Practices Committee. |
Nothing about FDR's Executive Orders.
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Melvin Butler hires the first black computors to work at Langley in 1943. He segregates them to comply with Virginia law and custom. |
Nothing shown about the initial hirings. Melvin Butler does not appear. |
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The back of the cafeteria was segregated; a small sign on some of the back tables said "colored computors". Miriam Mann had a habit of repeatedly stealing the sign as it offended her.
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The Cafeteria is not shown; the main issue is with the segregated restrooms. Miriam Mann does not appear in the movie.
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In 1944 Dorothy Vanghan moved her children to her apartment in Langley VA. |
Very little on Dorothy Vaughan's personal life. |