Walking Alone and Marching Together

A History of the Organized Blind Movement
in the United States, 1940-1990
by

Floyde Matson

1990

 

 

Translated in to Grade II Braille

by

Lisa Hall

San Antonio, Texas

 

 

Table of Contents

 

 

From the Book Jacket

 

Title Page

 

Contents page

 

Acknowledgments I


Prologue. A Story Never Told iii

 

Introduction. The Dark Ages and the Dawn of Organization 1


Chapter One. Mobilization and Momentum: The Founding 13


Chapter Two. Growth, Harmony, and the Fight to Organize 59


Chapter Three. Civil War: Disunity and the Road to
Recovery 117


Chapter Four. Democracy in Transition: The Second
Generation 167

 

Chapter Five. Progress and Power: The First Jernigan
Presidency 247

 

Chapter Six. Restoration: The Beginning Years of the Second Jernigan Presidency 425

 

Chapter Seven. Culmination: The Concluding Years of the
Second Jernigan Presidency 507

 

Chapter Eight. The Third Generation and the Maurer
Presidency 641

 

Chapter Nine. Global Vision: The Federation on the World
Scene 719

 

Chapter Ten. Sheltered Workshops and Blind Alleys 749

 

Chapter Eleven. Bankruptcy of a System: The Politics of
Accreditation 793

 

Chapter Twelve. On the Record: The Evolution of the
Braille Monitor 872 871

 

Chapter Thirteen. A People's Movement: Communication,
Communion, and Community 949

 

Epilogue As the Twig is Bent: Unto the Fourth
Generation 1019

 

Appendix A. Newel Perry-Teacher of Youth and Leader of
Men 1027

 

Appendix B. Who Are the Blind Who Lead the Blind 1039


Appendix C. Constitution of the National Federation of
the Blind, 1940 1093

 

Appendix D. Constitution of the National Federation of the Blind, 1990 1095

 

Appendix E. National Convention Sites, 1940-1990 1103

 

Index 1105

 

Floyd Matson: Bio-bibliography 1117

 

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