A childhood act of defiance in a Jim Crow library became the foundation for a life defined by brilliance, discipline, and an unshakeable refusal to accept limits. Ronald McNair’s defining story didn’t begin with NASA training or scientific accolades. It began with a boy standing on a counter inside the segregated Lake City Public Library in 1959, refusing to accept the boundaries placed in front of him. At just nine years old, he walked in hopin…
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