Christine Mann participated in early protests of the civil rights movement. She also participated in several student sit-ins together with his black friends. She believed that racial segregation should not be practiced. She was later hired in NASA and they were following the Jim Crow laws. This law enforces racial segregation in the workplace. This law mandates de jure racial segregation in the public facilities in the former Confederate States of America. This was later changed by the passing of the civil rights legislation. This changed the life for the black people (Africans). They were given equal opportunities and treatment in the workplace.