Ronald McNair Breaking the Chains of Prejudice Through Science

The program honors the late physicist and astronaut Ronald Erwin McNair, Ph.D., who died during the 1986 Challenger Space Shuttle explosion. TIL I learned that Ronald McNair, the second African-American in space and one of the seven victims of the Challenger disaster, was a Bahá'í. This animated video features Carl McNair telling the story of his brother Ronald, an African American kid in the 1950s who set his sights on the stars. Ronald McNair succeeded despite poverty, racism, and an education system designed to keep Black people down. He became an accidental ... A child prodigy, McNair was an accomplished musician, physicist, and fifth-degree black-belt karate champion. Ronald E. McNair, one of the nation's first African-American astronauts, was not afraid to dream big, overcome obstacles, and do whatever it took to learn ... Ronald E. McNair Post-baccalaureate Achievement Program: The McNair Scholars Program is a federal TRIO program funded at 151 institutions across the United ... AM PreK/Head Start and AM PreK Special Education programs are canceled. PM PreK/Head Start and PM PreK Special Education programs will begin at ... In collaboration with our community, as. Ronald McNair was one of the astronauts killed 25 years ago on Jan. 28, when the space shuttle Challenger exploded. As his brother recalls, ...