[Nfb-history] favorite convention banquet speeches

[ColleenRoth]

Hi Dave,
Even though I put it in with Banquet Speeches when I made my comment you are correct.
It was given by Dr. Jernigan in an afternoon session in 1993. I had tears running down my face.
It was and is a wonderful speech and really explains our philosophy very well.
We should share this far and wide.
Colleen Roth


----- Original Message -----
From: David Andrews <dandrews at visi.com>
To: NFB History Support List <nfb-history at nfbnet.org>
Date: Sunday, Jul 3, 2011 16:23:56
Subject: Re: [Nfb-history] favorite convention banquet speeches

>
>
> These are all great speeches -- but interestingly enough, as I 
> recall, "The Nature of Independence," wasn't actually a banquet 
> speech -- it was given at convention in 1993 I believe.
> 
> Dave
> 
> At 10:07 AM 6/29/2011, you wrote:
> >Hi Chris,
> >
> >Here are some of my favorite NFB Speeches:
> >Blindness: Handicap or Characteristic?
> >Blindness: A Left-Handed Dissertation
> >The Nature of Independence
> >These are all Jernigan speeches.
> >
> >Ellen
> >
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> >[mailto:nfb-history-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Chris Nusbaum
> >Sent: Wednesday, June 29, 2011 10:59 AM
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> >
> >Hi Ryan,
> >
> >Are these the "Is the Public Against Us," "Is Literature Against 
> >Us," and "Is History Against Us," trilogy? Here's another one that I 
> >learned a lot about historically: "The Lessons of History"
> >given by Jernigan in 1980.  Let me rephrase my original question to 
> >get a little more out of this discussion.  :were Don't get me wrong, 
> >you're all giving me great information! But here's another
> >question: what are your favorite speeches from each President, 
> >tenBroek, Jernigan, and Maurer?
> >
> >  Chris
> >
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> >From: "Ryan O" <ryano218 at comcast.net
> >To: "'Ationfb History Support List'" <nfb-history at nfbnet.org Date sent: 
> >Tue, 28 Jun 2011 19:01:18 com0600
> >Subject: Re: [Nfb-history] favorite convention banquet speeches
> >
> >Chris, Mike is towing the party line, which isn't really wrong I 
> >guess.  Some have said that once you've heard a banquet speech, 
> >you've heard them all.
> >There's a kernel of truth in this idea.  Even Jernigan admitted that 
> >the banquet speeches were more or less similar in their content and purpose.
> >However, you can learn a lot about where we were historically by 
> >listening to each speech.  A good example of this is, "A Corner of Time,"
> >from 1981,
> >which high-lights our struggles with various individuals and 
> >organizations who opposed us.
> >
> >Another departure from the standard formula came in a trilogy of 
> >speeches from the mid-1970's in which Jernigan chose a specific 
> >focus for his premise.  Those are some of my favorites.
> >
> >
> >
> >RyanO
> 
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