Ron's Big Mission
by:
Rose Blue (author)
Corinne J. Naden (author)
Don Tate (author)
Nine-year-old Ron loves going to the Lake City Public Library to look through all the books on airplanes and flight. Today, Ron is ready to take out books by himself. But in the segregated world of South Carolina in the 1950s, Ron's obtaining his own library card is not just a small rite of...
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Nine-year-old Ron loves going to the Lake City Public Library to look through all the books on airplanes and flight. Today, Ron is ready to take out books by himself. But in the segregated world of South Carolina in the 1950s, Ron's obtaining his own library card is not just a small rite of passage-it is a young man's fi rst courageous mission. Here is an inspiring story, based on Ron McNair's life, of how a little boy, future scientist, and Challenger astronaut desegregated his library through peaceful resistance.
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Format: hardcover
ISBN:
9780525478492 (0525478493)
ASIN: 525478493
Publish date: January 22nd 2009
Publisher: Dutton Juvenile
Pages no: 32
Edition language: English
Category:
Childrens,
History,
Cultural,
Realistic Fiction,
Historical Fiction,
African American,
Family,
American History,
Picture Books,
Inspirational,
Race
Genre: History / Biography / African American / Racism / LibraryYear Published: 2009Year Read: 2011Publisher: Dutton Books for Young Readers I have read many children’s books that deal with the racism that many African-Americans had to face during the 1950s, but I have actually come upon a book...
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