[Nfb-history] favorite convention banquet speeches

[Michael Freholm]

Ryan,
You cut me to the quick with that "towing the party line" crap.  I'm 
sure you didn't mean it the way I took it.  Right?

On 6/28/2011 9:01 PM, Ryan O wrote:
> 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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