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Walking Alone and Marching Together

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Acknowledgments

Prologue. A Story Never Told

Introduction. The Dark Ages and the Dawn of Organization

Chapter One. Mobilization and Momentum: The Founding

Chapter Two. Growth, Harmony, and the Fight to Organize

Chapter Three. Civil War: Disunity and the Road to Recovery

Chapter Four. Democracy in Transition: The Second Generation

Chapter Five. Progress and Power: The First Jernigan Presidency

Chapter Six. Restoration: The Beginning Years of the Second Jernigan Presidency

Chapter Seven. Culmination: The Concluding Years of the Second Jernigan Presidency

Chapter Eight. The Third Generation and the Maurer Presidency

Chapter Nine. Global Vision: The Federation on the World

Chapter Ten. Sheltered Workshops and Blind Alleys

Chapter Eleven. Bankruptcy of a System: The Politics of Accreditation

Chapter Twelve. On the Record: The Evolution of the Braille Monitor

Chapter Thirteen. A People's Movement: Communication, Communion, and Community

Epilogue. As the Twig is Bent: Unto the Fourth Generation

Appendix A. Newel Perry-Teacher of Youth and Leader of Men

Appendix B. Who Are the Blind Who Lead the Blind

Appendix C. Constitution of the National Federation of the Blind, 1940

Appendix D. Constitution of the National Federation of the Blind, 1990

Appendix E. National Convention Sites, 1940-1990

Index

Floyd Matson: Bio-bibliography

Back Cover

Jacket

 

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