Ronald McNair
Ronald Erwin McNair was born on October 21, 1950 in Lake City South
Carolina.
Ronald had two brothers, Eric and Carl Jr. He had a mother and
a father also.
His mother’s name was Pearl and his father’s name Carol
Sr. His mother was a
well-educated teacher and his father was automobile
mechanic. Ronald’s mother
and father were both determined to see their
children succeed in life and get a
good education. By the age of 3 Ronald was
already able to read. A year later
Ronald’s father Carl Sr. decided to
sent Ronald to school a year earlier
because he was so intelligent. Ronald’s
parents always brought home books for
Ronald to read them. Most of
Ronald’s childhood was spent on reading and
studying. Ronald loved to read.
Ronald was born during the time of segregation
so that made it very hard for
Ronald to grow up as a normal child that would
have lived in peace. Where
Ronald lived was mostly an African American
neighborhood. At the age of 9
Ronald had already began to change society. One
day Ronald had decided to go
to the library which was a "white’s only
institution" where African Americans
were not allowd but Ronald decided to go
anyway because he wanted to learn
more. When Ronald was cought he refused to
leave the building.