Screentime: Hidden Figures




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Summary: John F. Kennedy had a dream of sending a white man, a black man and an Asian to the moon. Ed Dwight, a KCK native, came close to being the black man on that mission. Inspired by the upcoming film, Hidden Figures, we hear his story. Plus, a chat with a molecular biologist and our film critics. Guests: Ed Dwight , KCK native and first African-American to train as an astronaut for NASA Joanna Slusky, Assistant Professor, Department of Molecular Biosciences at KU Russ Simmons, resident film critic