Mobilization and Momentum: The Founding of the Blind of the

Growth, Harmony, and the Fight to Organize

Civil War: Disunity and the Road to Recovery

Democracy inTransition: The Second Generation (back) (contents) (next) Democracy in Transition: The Second Generation The decade of the sixties, said Kenneth Jernigan many years later, was almost the exact reverse of the fifties for the organized blind. It began in despair and ended in triumph. And he went on to recall: The Federation drew itself together, shook off the civil war, and began to rebuild. It was during the sixties that we lost our great leader, Dr. tenBroek, but he had done his work well. The progress continued.

Progress and Power:

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Progress and Power: The First Jernigan Presidency

Restoration: The Beginning Years of the Second Jernigan Presidency

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Restoration: The Beginning Years of the Second Jernigan Presidency

Culmination: The Concluding Years of the Second Jernigan Presidency

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Culmination: The Concluding Years of the Second Jernigan Presidency

Today we are moving with a mighty force, said the President of the National
Federation of the Blind in 1983: For 43 years we have worked and struggled
to accelerate our movement and send it in a straight line toward freedom and
independence. The efforts of tens of thousands of blind men and women have been
spent for almost two generations to reach the current momentum.

The Third Generation and the Maurer Presidency

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The Third Generation and the Maurer Presidency

At was the task of the first generation of our movement to deal with hunger;
it has been the task of the second generation to deal with jobs; it will be
the task of the third generation to deal with civil rights.

Global Vision: The Federation on the World Scene

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Global Vision: The Federation on the World Scene

I propose to you tonight that a new and grand objective be added to our established
goals and purposes: namely, the inauguration of a World Federation of the Blind.

Sheltered Workshops and Blind Alleys

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Sheltered Workshops and Blind Alleys

In 1971 the leader of the organized blind movement in the
United States sent a message to the agencies serving the blind. This is what
he said: