One summer day in 1959, nine-year-old Ron McNair, who dreams of becoming a pilot, walks into the Lake City, South Carolina, public library and insists on checking out some books, despite the rule that only white people can have library cards. Includes facts about McNair, who grew up to be an astronaut
Themes
Genres: Non-Fiction
Categories: Biography, Oppression & Resilience
Settings: Northern America, South Carolina, United States of America
Ethnicity: Unspecified
Immigration: Non-Immigrant
Gender: Girl/Woman
Race/Culture: Black/African/African American, White/European American/Caucasian
Character Prominence: Background, Dominant Main, Secondary