{"id":13157,"date":"2023-01-26T16:10:40","date_gmt":"2023-01-26T20:10:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mcaf.nb.ca\/?p=13157"},"modified":"2023-02-04T15:33:57","modified_gmt":"2023-02-04T19:33:57","slug":"rons-big-mission","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mcaf.nb.ca\/en\/rons-big-mission\/","title":{"rendered":"Ron\u2019s Big Mission"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>By Rose Blue<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">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&#8217;s obtaining his own library card is not just a small rite of passage\u2014it is a young man&#8217;s first courageous mission. 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