[Nfb-history] favorite convention banquet speeches

Chris Nusbaum dotkid.nusbaum at gmail.com
Wed Jun 29 16:30:46 UTC 2011


Hi Ellen,

Thanks! I love the Nature of Independence! I'll listen to the 
other speeches you suggested.  FYI, I'm listening to Dr.  
Jernigan's first speech "Blindness: Milestones and Milstones" as 
I write this.  By the way, Ellen, you may be able to answer my 
question from an earlier post.  Can I order a Braille copy of 
Walking Alone and Marching Together from Independence Market? If 
so, for how much? Thanks!

 Chris

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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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sent: 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.



RyanO



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