Myth and heroes/ Locations and forms of power/ Notion of progress

Notion of progress

• Social progress for African-American women in the 1960s – social equality in segregationist USA – Women’s rights and emancipation
• Technological progress (space exploration, technological advances)
• Seventh Art as a medium of progress (novel and movie « Hidden Figures  » as a recognition of these women) – 1960s and 2016

Document A : Opening scene Hidden Figures, directed by Clint Eastwood

Document B : Novel « Hidden Figures « 

Document C : Bathroom speech scene