Conclusion

Consider what is revealed regarding responses to hardships via the following quotations: 

  • Dorothy Vaughan: "Separate and equal are two different things. Just 'cause it's the way, doesn't make it right, understand?"

  • Mary Jackson: "Every time we get a chance to get ahead they move the finish line. Every time."

  • Katherine Johnson: "There is no bathroom. There are no colored bathrooms in this building, or any building outside the West Campus, which is half a mile away. Did you know that? I have to walk to Timbuktu just to relieve myself! And I can't use one of the handy bikes. Picture that, Mr. Harrison. My uniform, skirt below the knees and my heels. And simple string of pearls. Well, I don't own pearls. Lord knows you don't pay the colored enough to afford pearls! And I work like a dog day and night, living on coffee from a pot NONE OF YOU WANNA TOUCH! So, excuse me if I have to go to the restroom a few times a day."

  • Al Harrison - "We get to the peak together, or we don't get there at all."

  • Levi Jackson - "Civil rights ain't always civil."