The one profile that stood out to me was when Carl McNair and his friend Vernon Skipper remember Carl's brother Ronald McNair. They talk about how Ronald would always walk a mile to the library after school was over. However the one mile walk wasn't the problem it was that it was a "White Only" library. However this didn't stop Ronald from going to further his education. Carl then says that when Ronald first showed up the librarian called the cops on this boy to get him out of there, despite the social ridicule at the time Ron defied them and demanded to check the book out. This resulted in the librarian calling the police on this young boy which made Ronald call his mom to help him against this bigotry. The quote that stood out to me was when Ronalds mom says "Lordy, Jesus, please don't let them put my child in jail!"(P.37) This means a lot to me because during that time segregation was in full force and this shows that his mother is worried about a child getting arrested just for getting a book. Luckily for Ronald the police officers did not see a problem with the boy checking the book out. My favorite passage in this chapter is when they say that he went on to get a PhD in physics from MIT and then went to work for NASA. One vocab word that stood out to me was demarcation which means the action of fixing the boundary or limits of something.
The main thing I want out of my future career is to have a positive workspace that encourages hard work and values their employees rather than an asset that can be easily replaced.
I also loved this profile. It showed that everyone is the same and can do anything. He grew up and made a huge impact in his community. Did you research anything about the library?
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