How do Jackson's and Johnson's experiences pursuing an education contribute to readers' understanding of the effects of
discrimination?

Mary Jackson and Katherine Johnson both have to endure racism. That time, most African Americans were stifled with access to education.

Katherine Johnson earned a mathematics degree. She broke the barriers by being the best mathematician. She worked for NASA as a human computer.

Mary Jackson fought discrimination so that she could earn her advanced engineering degrees. At that time, only a few women and African American can earn these advanced engineering degrees.

covert: hidden or secret

candid: truthful and straightforward

what i get from these phrases is covert means undercover or underground and that's where the flower is in april. on the other hand, may is the month where flowers start to bloom and thats the reason why candid is being used as a word to describe the blossoming period of a flower.

hope this answer you.

the answer:

in the first part of the story running is all that matters to squeaky. running gives her confidence and defines who she is. at the beginning of the story she says that other kids call her mercury because she runs very fast. in the text she refers to herself as "miss quicksilver".

the line that provides the best evidence that squeaky has self-confidence is

" and i continue with my breathing exercise, strolling down broadway toward the ice cream man on 145th with not a care in the world cause i am miss quicksilver herself".