[Nfb-history] favorite convention banquet speeches

[Mike Freeman]

Yes, there was.

Mike

On Jul 5, 2011, at 12:08, Chris Nusbaum <dotkid.nusbaum at gmail.com> wrote:

> That's interesting, Dave.  Was there a banquet speech that year?
> 
> Chris
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> 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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> 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.  :) 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
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> Tue, 28 Jun 2011 19:01:18 -0600
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> 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.
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> RyanO
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