[Nfb-history] favorite convention banquet speeches

[Colleen Roth]

Hi,
I just had to weigh in on this.
I like the three mentioned by Ellen and still give them out. They are timeless.
I also really like To Man the Barricades, The Trilogy, '736'75 and Back to Notre Dame.
I also liked reading the Man and the Movement.
I really recommend people read Walking Alone and Marching Together.
When you think about the reasons the Banquet Speeches are presented, you creally see their value.
Ralph Sanders and John Taylor were both rather egocentric, in my opinion.
Colleen Roth



----- Original Message -----
From: Ringlein, Ellen <ERinglein at nfb.org>
To: NFB History Support List <nfb-history at nfbnet.org>
Date: Wednesday, Jun 29, 2011 11:08:48
Subject: Re: [Nfb-history] favorite convention banquet speeches

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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.  :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
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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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