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WilliamPitt

(58,179 posts) Fri Feb 1, 2013, 07:21 PM Feb 2013

How a Black child during Jim Crow got science books from the library...and became an astronaut.

The anniversary of the Challenger disaster passed this week. Here's a tale about one of the astronauts who was lost...who found his way into space after facing down a librarian in Jim Crow South Carolina.

The story has a sad ending. But it is not a sad story.

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How a Black child during Jim Crow got science books from the library...and became an astronaut. (Original Post) WilliamPitt Feb 2013 OP
OK, so far today you've made me laugh AND cry. Are you done yet? Or do I need to ... 11 Bravo Feb 2013 #1
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1. OK, so far today you've made me laugh AND cry. Are you done yet? Or do I need to ...
Reply to WilliamPitt (Original post)
Fri Feb 1, 2013, 07:31 PM
Feb 2013

become incontinent?

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Fri Feb 1, 2013, 07:34 PM
Feb 2013

We get diapers.



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