Celebrating the Enduring Legacy of Ronald McNair

An instructional video series honoring the outstanding achievements of people of color. Ronald Erwin McNair was born October 21, 1950, in Lake City, South Carolina to Carl and Pearl McNair. He attended North Carolina A&T State University where ... Chosen as a member of NASA's Astronaut Group 8 in 1978, Ron McNair was one of its first three African-American astronauts. Ronald E. McNair (1950-1986) was born and raised in Lake City, South Carolina. He came from a low-income family but was determined to excel ... In 1959, 9-year-old Ronald McNair was told he couldn't check out his books from Lake City's segregated library. He went on to become a ... McNair had been fascinated by space even while growing up in Lake City, South Carolina. A precocious child who could read and write at the age of three, he was ... Dr. Ronald McNair. View content at full size in a new window. Dr. Ronald E. McNair is known for being the second African-American person to reach space, and one of seven crew members killed in the 1986 Space Shuttle ... Public honors · McNair Elementary School in Compton, California · Los Robles Ronald McNair Academy in East Palo Alto, California · Ronald McNair Elementary ... Astronaut Ronald McNair, who died 25 years ago today in the space shuttle Challenger explosion, was a graduate of North Carolina Agricultural and Technical ...