'Hidden Figures' Stars Cover Essence

A powerful trio.

groupcoverThe stars of Hidden Figures—Taraji P. Henson, Octavia Spencer and Janelle Monáe—cover the latest issue of Essence.

Hidden Figures tells the story of the three black women who served as the brains behind one of NASA’s biggest missions ever.

Henson told Essence that it was personally important to tell the Hidden Figures tale.

“When I was growing up, people told me out of their mouths math and science are for boys,” she explained. “I was told that over and over.

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