Literature about . . .

Philosophy

(See also Banquet Speeches under Speeches, Reports, and Resolutions)

Available Online:

• Black, Blind, and Successful: The Story of a Fighter 
  by Ever Lee Hairston (Braille Monitor, March 2001)
  An address delivered at the NFB national convention, Atlanta, Georgia, July 5, 2000.
  Order Information: Item LBB58; Braille/Print; No Charge 
• Blindness: A Left-Handed Dissertation   
  by Kenneth Jernigan
  An address delivered at the NFB national convention, New York City, July 4, 1973.
  Order Information: Item LBB14; Braille/Print; No Charge
• Blindness: Concepts and Misconceptions  
  by Kenneth Jernigan
  An address delivered at the NFB national convention, Washington, D.C., July 6, 1965.
  Order Information: Item LBB16; Braille/Print; No Charge 
• Blindness: Discrimination, Hostility, and Progress
  by Kenneth Jernigan (Braille Monitor, June 1968)
  Order Information: Item LBB17; Braille/Print; No Charge
• Calling All Drivers: Advancing Leadership, Collective Action, and the Boundaries of Independence
  by Mark A. Riccobono (Braille Monitor, August/September 2010)
  Order Information: Item LBC69; Braille/Print; No Charge
• The Continuing Saga of the Kernel Books  
  by Kenneth Jernigan (Braille Monitor, August/September 1998)
  An address delivered at the NFB national convention, Dallas, Texas, 1998.
  Order Information: Item LBC05; Braille/Print; No Charge
• The Cost of a Gift  
  by Marc Maurer (Braille Monitor, February/March 1988)
  An address delivered at the John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University, December 9, 1987.
  Order Information: Item LBC13; Braille/Print; No Charge
• A Definition of Blindness   
  A Definition of Blindness (Audio)
  by Kenneth Jernigan (Future Reflections, Special Issue 2005)
  Originally appeared in the Blind American, November 1962.
  Order Information: Item LBD01; Braille/Print; No Charge
• Disability and Visibility: Uncle Tom, Blind Tom, and Tiny Tim
  by Kenneth Jernigan (Braille Monitor, April 1973)
  Order Information: Item LBD06; Braille; No Charge
• From One World into Another    
  by Ahmed Chaing with Debbie Kent Stein (Braille Monitor, February 2003)
  Order Information: Item LBF31; Braille/Print; No Charge
• Greater Expectations: Some Thoughts on Engaging the Wider World   
  by Geerat J. Vermeij (Braille Monitor, October 2006)
  Order Information: Item LBG13; Braille/Print; No Charge
• Handicapped Parking Permits for the Blind
  by Kenneth Jernigan (Braille Monitor, January 1998)
  Order Information: Item LBH03; Braille/Print; No Charge 
• The Individual’s Role in a Democracy
  by Jacobus tenBroek (Braille Monitor, April 2002)
  A lecture delivered at East Contra Costa College, probably in December 1962.
  Order Information: Item LBI25; Braille/Print; No Charge
• The Mythology of Discrimination
  by Marc Maurer (Braille Monitor, May 2009)
  Order Information: Item LBM63; Print; No Charge
• The Nature of Independence 
  The Nature of Independence (Video)
  by Kenneth Jernigan (Braille Monitor, September/October 1993)
  An address delivered at the NFB national convention, Dallas, Texas, July 6, 1993.
  Order Information: Item LBN31; Braille/Print; No Charge
• Open Letter to Members of the National Federation of the Blind and Other Friends and Colleagues  
  by Kenneth Jernigan (Braille Monitor, January 1998)
  Order Information: Item LBO32; Braille/Print; No Charge
• Partially Sighted, Really Blind  
  by Catherine Horn Randall (As the Twig Is Bent, 1992)
  Order Information: Item BBP00; Print; No Charge
• The Pitfalls of Political Correctness: Euphemisms Excoriated 
  by Kenneth Jernigan (Braille Monitor, August 1993)
  Regarding the word blind and Resolution 93-01.
  Order Information: Item LBP22; Braille/Print; No Charge
• The Pros and Cons of Preferential Treatment of Blind Persons  
  by Jacobus tenBroek (Braille Monitor, May 1996)
  An address delivered at the American Association of Workers for the Blind Convention, Quebec, June 1955.
  Order Information: Item LBP07; Braille/Print; No Charge
• The Role of the Blind in a Democratic Society
  by Dr. Jacobus tenBroek (Braille Monitor, July 2007)
  An address delivered at the NFB national convention, Nashville, Tennesse, July 12, 1952.
  Order Information: Item LAAF52; Braille/Print; No Charge 
• The Role of the Consumer in the Development of Programs of Research and Training 
  by Fredric K. Schroeder (Braille Monitor, August/September 2004)
  An address delivered at the NFB national convention, Atlanta, Georgia, July 4, 2004.
  Order Information: Item LBR37; Braille/Print; No Charge
• The Sermon on the Mount
  by Kenneth Jernigan (Braille Monitor, February 1989)
  Order Information: Item LBS51; Print; No Charge
• Shackled Imagination: Literary Illusions About Blindness 
  by Deborah Kent Stein (Braille Monitor, January 1990)
  Expanded version of a paper presented at the Second International Symposium on Vision Loss, February 1988.
  Order Information: Item LBS31; Print; No Charge 
• The Spirit of the Journey: The Blind Driver Challenge and the Direction of Our Movement 
  by Mark A. Riccobono (Braille Monitor, August/September 2011)
  Order Information: Item LBS68; Braille/Print; No Charge
• Straightforward Answers About Blindness
  Large type information for blind and visually impaired individuals.
  Order Information: Item LBS63; Print; No Charge
• Sunday Papers
  by Matt Maurer (Braille Monitor, November 1998)
  President Maurer's brother, Matt Maurer, writes about the paper route the boys shared as kids.
  Order Information: Item LBS44; Braille/Print; No Charge
• Who Is Blind and Is It Respectable? 
  by Kenneth Jernigan (Braille Monitor, June 1989)
  Order Information: Item LBW33; Print; No Charge
• Why She Walked Out on Me
  by Zach Shore (Braille Monitor, March 1991)
  Order Information: Item LBW38; Braille/Print; No Charge
• Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow 
  by Mary Ellen Jernigan (Braille Monitor, April 2006)
  An address delivered at the first presidents' seminar, Baltimore, Maryland, February 18, 2006.
  Order Information: Item LBM0406; Braille/Print; No Charge
• You’re in the Army Now 
  by Kevan Worley (Braille Monitor, November 2005)
  Order Information: Item LBY02; Braille/Print; No Charge

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• Blindness: Nuisance or Tragedy    
  Order Information: Item LBB19; Braille/Print; No Charge
• Blindness: The Triple Revolution   
  Order Information: Item LBB21; Braille/Print; No Charge
• NFB Philosophy--Variations on a Theme
  Order Information: Item LBN20; Braille/Print; No Charge
• Why Is It Better to Have a Library for the Blind in an Agency for the Blind Rather Than Any Other Setting?
  Order Information: Item LBW19; Print; No Charge