National Federation of the Blind Kenneth Jernigan Banquet Speeches
Kenneth Jernigan
As Marc Maurer stated in 1986, Kenneth Jernigan “combined hard decision-making with great compassion. Dr. Jernigan’s Presidency [was] characterized by imagination, enthusiasm, love for others, and the drive for success. And there [were] other things: We never lose because we never quit.” Dr. Jernigan’s speeches exude these powerful sentiments. Read or listen to just one speech and you will understand why the organized blind movement continues to be inspired by Jernigan’s words. 
- The Day After Civil Rights (New Orleans, 1997)
The Day After Civil Rights (Audio) - Of Braille and Honeybees (Detroit, 1994)
Of Braille and Honeybees (Audio) - The Nature of Independence (Dallas, 1993)
The Nature of Independence (Audio)
The Nature of Independence (Video) - Shifting Balances in the Blindness Field (Charlotte, 1992)
Shifting Balances in the Blindness Field (Audio) - The Federation at Fifty (Dallas, 1990)
The Federation at Fifty (Audio) - Blindness: The Coming of the Third Generation (Kansas City, 1986)
Blindness: The Coming of the Third Generation (Audio) - Blindness: The Pattern of Freedom (Louisville, 1985)
Blindness: The Pattern of Freedom (Audio) - Blindness: The Circle of Sophistry (Phoenix, 1984)
Blindness: The Circle of Sophistry (Audio) - Blindness: The Other Half of Inertia (Kansas City, 1983)
Blindness: The Other Half of Inertia (Audio) - Blindness: Simplicity, Complexity, and the Public Mind (Minneapolis, 1982)
Blindness: Simplicity, Complexity, and the Public Mind (Audio) - Blindness: The Corner of Time (Baltimore, 1981)
Blindness: The Corner of Time (Audio) - Blindness: The Lessons of History (Minneapolis, 1980)
Blindness: The Lessons of History (Audio) - Blindness: That’s How It Is at the Top of the Stairs (Miami Beach, 1979)
Blindness: That’s How It Is at the Top of the Stairs (Audio) - To Everything There Is a Season (New Orleans, 1977)
To Everything There Is a Season (Audio) - Blindness: Of Visions and Vultures (Los Angeles, 1976)
Blindness: Of Visions and Vultures (Audio) - Blindness: Is the Public Against Us? (Chicago, 1975)
Blindness: Is the Public Against Us? (Audio) - Blindness: Is Literature Against Us? (Chicago, 1974)
Blindness: Is Literature Against Us? (Audio)
Blindness: Is Literature Against Us? (Video) - Blindness: Is History Against Us? (New York City, 1973)
Blindness: Is History Against Us? (Audio) - Blindness: A Left-Handed Dissertation (New York City, 1973)
Blindness: A Left-Handed Dissertation (Audio) - Blindness: The New Generation (Chicago, 1972)
Blindness: The New Generation (Audio) - To Man the Barricades (Houston, 1971)
To Man the Barricades (Audio) - Blindness: The Myth and the Image (Minneapolis, 1970)
Blindness: The Myth and the Image (Audio) - Blindness: New Insights on Old Outlooks (Columbia, 1969)
Blindness: New Insights on Old Outlooks (Audio) - Blindness: Milestones and Millstones (Des Moines, 1968)
Blindness: Milestones and Millstones (Audio) - Blindness: Concepts and Misconceptions (Washington, 1965)
Blindness: Concepts and Misconceptions (Audio) - Blindness: Handicap or Characteristic? (Philadelphia, 1963) This speech was recorded twice–once at the 1963 convention, as “Blindness–A Dying or a Living?” and once in a studio, as “Blindness: Handicap or Characteristic?”
Blindness: Handicap or Characteristic? (Audio)
Blindness–A Dying or a Living? (Audio)
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