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In the summer of 1959, McNair refused to leave the segregated Lake City Public
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January 29, 2011, the Lake City, South Carolina library was dedicated as the Ronald McNair Life History Center. When Ronald McNair was nine, the police and his mother were called because he wished to check out books from this library, which served only white patrons before he arrived. He said,
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January 28, 1986. He and the other six crew members were killed when
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Ronald E. McNair Building: KIPP Believe College Prep, New Orleans, Louisiana
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from February 3 to 11, 1984, becoming the second African American in space.
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spaceflight). However, the recording was never made, as the flight
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In the spirit of Ronald E. McNair, astronaut: an American hero
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1978:(Press release). North Carolina A&T State University
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and the deaths of its entire crew. The final track on
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and commendations. He became a staff physicist at the
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on a piece of music for Jarre's then-upcoming album
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1350:"Astronaut's Brother Recalls A Man Who Dreamed Big"
1261:"Ronald E. McNair Program: Ronald E. McNair, Ph.D."
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1416:. Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center. December 2003
609:Dr. Ronald E. McNair memorial in his hometown,
440:from the class of 1978 selection of astronauts.
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1671:Rauch, Mike; Rauch, Tim (April 4, 2013).
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912:Dr. Ronald E. McNair Academic High School
822:Ronald Ervin McNair Elementary School in
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1592:"McNair Ct, Franklin Township, NJ 08873"
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1003:The McNair Open Access Computer Lab at
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105:Massachusetts Institute of Technology
1805:Hague, Jim. "In a Class By Itself".
1795:. Alvin Independent School District.
924:Ronald E. McNair Academic Center in
758:Los Robles Ronald McNair Academy in
1870:, last accessed September 16, 2013.
1313:Olivares, Beth (January 28, 1996).
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1161:List of African-American astronauts
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1021:, Louisiana, is named in his honor.
805:Ronald McNair Elementary School in
768:Ronald McNair Elementary School in
725:The Quailbrook East development in
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2205:Congressional Space Medal of Honor
1850:"City of El Lago Park Information"
1809:, Spring & Summer 2011, p. 55.
1699:"Los Robles Ronald McNair Academy"
1378:Smith, Bruce (February 11, 2011).
859:Ronald E. McNair Middle School in
781:PS 5, Dr. Ronald McNair School in
413:. McNair was also a member of the
124:Congressional Space Medal of Honor
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1974:Dixon, Tonya (January 16, 2020).
1930:Walsh, Kevin (January 28, 2018).
1758:Bryan, Shevaun (August 5, 2014).
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1950:"Dr. Ronald McNair Playground"
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2006:University of Central Florida
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702:University of South Carolina
502:, Ronald McNair; (back row)
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1092:Washington State University
795:PS/MS 147 Ronald McNair in
714:Ronald McNair Boulevard in
546:McNair was an accomplished
374:In 1976, McNair received a
347:In 1971, McNair received a
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1464:"Ronald McNair Biography"
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949:University City, Missouri
861:Lake City, South Carolina
802:, New York City, New York
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692:Francis Marion University
648:Houston Police Department
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1301:McNair & Brewer 2005
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975:McNair Memorial Park in
696:Florence, South Carolina
401:, as well as a score of
333:him. A children's book,
2592:The Challenger Disaster
1885:bridgeandtunnelclub.com
1325:University of Rochester
966:Willowridge High School
575:" had been played on a
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2663:NASA Astronaut Group 9
2659:NASA Astronaut Group 7
2644:NASA Astronaut Group 8
1320:Democrat and Chronicle
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2905:NASA Astronaut Corps
2702:Frederick D. Gregory
2489:Timeline of STS-51-L
2277:Virgil "Gus" Grissom
1807:Jersey City Magazine
1733:hazelwoodschools.org
1709:on September 1, 2009
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1125:United States portal
998:Jackson, Mississippi
894:Stockton, California
770:Germantown, Maryland
727:Somerset, New Jersey
340:McNair graduated as
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241:Michael Stephen Feld
86:North Atlantic Ocean
2756:Mission specialists
2677:Daniel Brandenstein
2217:Michael P. Anderson
1830:on January 18, 2017
1764:Huntsville, Alabama
1673:"Eyes on the Stars"
1638:"Eyes on the Stars"
1172:Rendez-vous Houston
1096:Syracuse University
1080:Rendez-vous Houston
874:Huntsville, Alabama
754:Compton, California
594:Rendez-vous Houston
407:Hughes Research Lab
399:honorary doctorates
353:engineering physics
349:Bachelor of Science
284:mission specialists
257:Ronald Erwin McNair
158:NASA Group 8 (1978)
54:Ronald Erwin McNair
2373:Thomas P. Stafford
2203:Recipients of the
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2002:mcnairscholars.com
1648:. January 28, 2013
1572:. January 28, 2011
1570:Between Two Worlds
1514:"Ronald E. McNair"
1382:. Bay State Banner
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855:Detroit, Michigan
559:Jean-Michel Jarre
508:Christa McAuliffe
335:Ron's Big Mission
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