Literature about . . .

History

This literature section has been divided into two subcategories: General History and NFB History.

General History

Available Online:

• 39 Years Ago Newsman Had Front Row Seat to Beatles' History
  by Rick Nathanson [about Art Schreiber] 
  (Braille Monitor, October 2003)
  Order Information: Item LBT29; Braille/Print; No Charge 
• Blind and a Peer of the Realm
  by Colin Low (Braille Monitor, November 2007)
  Order Information: Item LBB81; Braille/Print; No Charge
• Eyewitness to Catastrophe
  (Braille Monitor, October 2001)
  "Larry King Live" transcript of Michael Hingson's account of surviving the September 11th tragedy.
  Order Information: Item LBE07; Braille/Print; No Charge  
• Louis Braille Touched Us All 
  by Deborah Kendrick (Braille Monitor, February 2006)
  Order Information: Item LBTA06; Braille/Print; No Charge   
• Model White Cane Law 
  Order Information: Item LBM11; Braille/Print; No Charge
• NAC: What Price Accreditation
  by Kenneth Jernigan (Braille Monitor, January 1991)
  And other materials reproduced from the Braille Monitor, September 1971  
  Order Information: Item LBN00; Braille/Print; No Charge
• Of Braille and Memories and the Matilda Ziegler  
  by Kenneth Jernigan (Braille Monitor, June/July 1987)
  Order Information: Item LBO19; Braille/Print; No Charge
• Radio Reading for the Blind: Service or Boondoggle
  by Kenneth Jernigan (Braille Monitor, February-March 1988)
  Order Information: Item LBR17; Braille/Print; No Charge

Available to Order:

• Meeting of the World Blind Union
  Order Information: Item LBM05; Braille/Print; No Charge
• Reading by Touch: Trials, Battles, and Discoveries
  by Pamela Lorimer
  Order Information: Item LBR33; Braille: $35.00; Print: $20.00 | Order Now

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NFB History

Available Online:

• The Advocate, the Strategist, the Diplomat
  by James Gashel (Braille Monitor, August/September 2007)
  Order Information: Item LBA57; Braille/Print; No Charge
• A Celebration of the Life of Hazel tenBroek 
  (Braille Monitor, August/September 2006)
  Order Information: Item LBC62; Braille/Print; No Charge
• Concerning History and the Braille Monitor
  by Kenneth Jernigan (Braille Monitor, April 1993)
  Order Information: Item LBC33; Braille/Print; No Charge
• From the Fiftieth Year (Audio)
  A collection of recordings of events from throughout the fifty-year history of the organized blind.
  Order Information: Item LSA29; C2; $2.00 | Order Now
• Kenneth Jernigan--November 13, 1926 to October 12, 1998  
  by Barbara Pierce (Braille Monitor, November 1998)
  Order Information: Item LBK13; Print; No Charge 
• Kenneth Jernigan: The Master, the Mission, the Movement
  edited by Marc Maurer
  Compiled writings of Kenneth Jernigan with editorial introduction and notes on the text.   
  Order Information: Item LSA20; Braille: $10.00; C4: $7.00; Print: $5.00 | Order Now
• The Lessons of 1957   
  (Braille Monitor, April 1993)
  Originally appeared in All Story in 1957.
  Order Information: Item LBL15; Braille/Print; No Charge
• Newel Perry: Teacher of Youth and Leader of Men
  by Jacobus tenBroek (Braille Monitor, January 2013)
  Order Information: Item LBN82; Braille/Print; No Charge
• On the Nature of Mental Discipline and Sonnets 
  by Kenneth Jernigan (Braille Monitor, June 1998)
  Order Information: Item LBO33; Braille/Print; No Charge
• Reflections on my Father
  by Dutch tenBroek (Braille Monitor, January 2009)
  Order Information: Item LBR43; Braille/Print; No Charge
• Reflections on the Life and Work of Jacobus tenBroek  
  (Braille Monitor, March 1989)
  Order Information: Item LBR20; Braille/Print; No Charge
• Revolution of the Kernel Books 
  by Kenneth Jernigan
  An address delivered at the NFB national convention, Anaheim, California, July 2, 1996.
  Order Information: Item LBR10; Braille/Print; No Charge
• Shifting Balances in the Blindness Field
  by Kenneth Jernigan
  Order Information: Item LBS37; Braille/C2/Print; No Charge
• Walking Alone and Marching Together: A History of the Organized Blind Movement in the United States, 1940-1990
  Walking Alone and Marching Together: A History of the Organized Blind Movement in the United States, 1940-1990 (Audio)
  by Floyd Matson
  Order Information: Item LSA24; Braille: $50.00; C2 (with original speeches dubbed in): $30.00; C4 (Library of Congress version): $5.00; Print: $5.00 | Order Now
• Who Was Jacobus tenBroek?    
  by Lou Ann Blake (Braille Monitor, May 2006)
  Order Information: Item LBM3406; Braille/Print; No Charge

Available to Order:

• Blind Justice: Jacobus tenBroek and the Vision of Equality
  by Floyd Matson
  Order Information: Item LBB71; Braille: $40.00; C2/C4: $10.00; Hardback: $17.50; Paperback: $10.00 | Order Now
• The Blindness Revolution: Jernigan in His Own Words
  by James Omvig (Information Age Press, 2005)
  Using Kenneth Jernigan's own writings, this book recounts the story of the transformation of the Iowa Commission for the Blind from an ineffective to an effective service agency in a span of ten years.  Read a Review of The Blindness Revolution: Jernigan in His Own Words!
  Order Information: Item LSB00; Braille: $60.00; C2/C4: $15.00; Hardback: $50.00; Paperback: $25.00 | Order Now  
• The Future Is Ours: Kenneth Jernigan, Builder of the Organized Blind Movement
  Order Information: Item LPA33; Video Cassette; $10.00 | Order Now
• The Man and the Movement
  by Floyd Matson
  Tells the story of Jacobus tenBroek, the founder of the NFB, and the establishment and growth of the organized blind movement.  
  Order Information: Item LSA25; Braille/Print: $10.00; C2: $5.00 | Order Now