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A brilliant black thinker, he grew up in South Carolina, where someone called the police when young Ron tried to check out a science book from the segregated library in his town. Once the police officer arrived, he saw Ron’s determination to learn and was so moved that he checked out the book for Ron. A
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Leland Melvin (Chasing Space: An Astronaut's Story of Grit, Grace, and Second Chances)