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I plan on being an engineer at NASA

I plan on being an engineer at NASA, but I can't do that without taking them classes at...

Hidden Figures • 2016

Mary Jackson:
[to the Judge] I plan on being an engineer at NASA, but I can't do that without taking them classes at that all-white high school, and I can't change the color of my skin, So I have no choice, but to be the first, which I can't do without you, sir. Your honor, out of all the cases you gon hear today, Which one is gon matter hundred years from now? Which one is gon make you the first?

Full Transcript

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I plan on being an engineer at NASA

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but I can't do that without taking them classes

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at that all white high school

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And I can't change the color of my skin

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So I have no choice but to be the first

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Which I can't do without you sir

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Your Honor

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out of all the cases you're gonna hear today

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which one is gonna matter 100 years from now

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Which one is gonna make you the first

Duration

30 seconds

Views

1,107

Timestamp in Movie

01:12:26

Uploaded

Oct 31, 2025

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Production

Fox 2000 Pictures,Levantine Films,Chernin Entertainment

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Movie Summary

The untold story of Katherine G. Johnson, Dorothy Vaughan and Mary Jackson – brilliant African-American women working at NASA and serving as the brains behind one of the greatest operations in history – the launch of astronaut John Glenn into orbit. The visionary trio crossed all gender and race lines to inspire generations to dream big.

Actors

Mary Jackson

Dorothy Vaughan

Octavia Spencer