an American physicist and NASA astronaut and a man of many accomplishments. His favorite activities were running, boxing, football, playing cards, and cooking. When he was a 9-year-old boy he refused to leave
the segregated Lake City Public Library without being allowed to check out his books. When the police knew about the incident, they let him keep those books and 26 years later, after his death, Lake City Public library was named after him.
McNair had a bachelor degree of Science in Engineering Physics and a Ph.D. degree from MIT, in Physics. He gained national notoriety for his work in the field of laser physics. Above that, he was a 5th-degree black Karate instructor and jazz saxophonist.
Dr. Ronald E. McNair memorial in his hometown, Lake City, South Carolina.
Ronald McNair was killed on January 28, 1986, when the space shuttle Challenger exploded.
Don’t let people forget about such dedicated and notable Black men like Ronald Erwin McNair. His name deserves to be in all History books.
“It was important for me to complete another set of pictures with my daughter because of the life lessons and edification that stem from seeing and learning about other black women,” Chauncia, a freelance writer and editor, told For Harriet.
It’s an amazing way to teach your kid about black history, about outstanding black women in History of America. These women have influenced our culture, our future and they need to be acknowledged. All of them represent a variety of career fields,each one of these women have an interesting story to tell. This is important. And it’s even more important for black kids to know these stories and to learn something from them.
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