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@AfricanArchives @ewwerner181 What a tragic, but courageous story. Ronald took segregation into his own hands ––

And thumped it loudly.

The treatment of Black citizens throughout the course of US history, has been pathetic & racist.

Ronald McNair was resilient then, and when he braved space exploration. 🕊️

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@AfricanArchives Remarkably, Ronald McNair's legacy lives on not only in the library's name but in his pioneering achievements. Did you know he was not just an astronaut but also an accomplished saxophonist, playing his instrument even in space? 🚀🎷 #RonaldMcNair

[AFRICAN & BLACK HISTORY @AfricanArchives]

In 1959, police were called to a segregated library when a Black 9-year-old boy trying to check out books refused to leave, after being told the library was not for Black people.

The boy, Ronald McNair, went on to became an astronaut. The library is also now named after him.

Happy Birthay to Ronald! He would’ve been 73 today!

Ronald McNair was 9 when a South Carolina librarian told him he could not check out books from a segregated library in 1959. Refusing to leave, a determined McNair sat on the counter while the librarian called the police, as well McNair's mother. The police arrived, told the librarian to let the young boy have his books, and McNair walked out alongside his mother and brother.

McNair went on to earn his Ph.D. in physics at MIT and became one of the first African Americans selected as astronauts by NASA, alongside Guion S. Bluford, Jr. and Frederick Gregory.

McNair's first spaceflight was the STS-41B mission, aboard the "Challenger" shuttle. He successfully maneuvered the robotic arm, which allowed astronaut Bruce McCandless to perform the first space walk without being tethered to the spacecraft.

The second space flight for McNair would be his last. He, along with six other NASA astronauts, were aboard the Space Shuttle Challenger when it exploded 73 seconds after takeoff in 1986. Everyone on board the shuttle was killed.

Today, the library in South Carolina where McNair was refused books is named after the heroic boy determined to make a difference.

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