[Nfb-history] favorite convention banquet speeches

[Chris Nusbaum]

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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 ----- Original Message -----
From: "Ryan O" <ryano218 at comcast.net
To: "'NFB History Support List'" <nfb-history at nfbnet.org
Date sent: Tue, 28 Jun 2011 19:01:18 -0600
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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