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BOOK REVIEW: ‘Hidden Figures’ subject shares ‘My Remarkable Journey’ - TSDMemphis.com

by Terri Schlichenmeyer - One, two, buckle my shoe. We Three Kings, cheaper by the dozen, it’s a Catch 22 and double jeopardy, then we're back to Square One. In every corner of our lives, we use numbers, we count, we cypher. And in the new book 'My Remarkable Journey' by Katherine Johnson (with Joylette […]

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