Ronald McNair’s library stand and rise to NASA

Ronald McNair’s library stand and rise to NASA

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…