The Braille Monitor

OCTOBER 1986

Published in inkprint, in Braille, and on talking-book discs by

The National Federation of the Blind
Dr. Kenneth Jernigan, President

National Office
1800 Johnson Street
Baltimore, Maryland 21230


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ISSN 0006-8829


Contents


OCTOBER 1986

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION TAKES A HAND IN THE AIRLINE PROBLEM

NATIONAL FEDERATION OF THE BLIND CONVENTION - 1986

PRESIDENTIAL REPORT

JACOBUS TENBROEK AWARD

BLINDNESS: THE COMING OF THE THIRD GENERATION
by Kenneth Jernigan

SCHOLARSHIP PRESENTATIONS

FEDERAL EMPLOYMENT: OPTIONS AND OPPORTUNITIES
by Clarence Thomas

THE IMPACT OF GRAHAM-RUDMAN-HOLLINGS ON THE NATIONAL
LIBRARY SERVICE FOR THE BLIND AND PHYSICALLY HANDICAPPED

by Frank Kurt Cylke

BLACK CIVIL RIGHTS, WHITE CIVIL RIGHTS
THE NATURE OF FREEDOM

by Elijah J. Cummings

LETTER FROM THE NCSAB PRESIDENT

OWEN CUDNEY DIES

CONSTITUTION OF THE NATIONAL FEDERATION OF THE BLIND AS AMENDED 1986

RESOLUTIONS

RECIPES

MONITOR MINIATURES

Copyright, National Federation of the Blind, Inc. 1986