Born Ronald Erwin McNair · October 21, 1950 · Lake City, South Carolina, U.S.
Died January 28, 1986 (aged 35) · North Atlantic Ocean
Resting place Ronald E. McNair Memorial Park, Lake City, South Carolina, U.S.
Alma mater North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University · Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Awards Congressional Space Medal of Honor
Selection1978 NASA Group
Time in space 23h 15m
Black History Month
Three young civil rights workers, James Chaney, Andrew Goodman and Michael Schwerner, were found murdered and buried in an earthen dam outside Philadelphia, Mississippi. They had disappeared on June 21 after being detained by Neshoba County police on charges of speeding. They were participating in the Mississippi Summer Project organized by the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) to increase black voter registration. When their car was found burned on June 23, President Lyndon Johnson ordered the FBI to search for the men.
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Be a Seed for Change 