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From: Walter.Siren.@p1.f8.n396.z1.fidonet.org (Walter Siren )
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Subject: NFB/ACB differences
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Date: 18 Jul 90 20:50:35 GMT
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[This is from the Blink Talk Conference]

 LC>  I got back from the NFB convention two days ago. I thought it was fun 

Liz, I am glad that you enjoyed your NFB convention.  I also
enjoyed my ACB convention.  It is too bad you did not get chance to
have a blinktalk get together.  We had a lot of fun meeting other
blinktalkers at the ACB convention.

 LC>  Jernigan and NFB president Marc Maurer and founder Hazel ten Brook 
 LC>  kept talking about the Civil War that caused a split in the NFB 
 LC>  during the early 1960s. Can anyone tell me why the split occurred and 
 LC>  why are people dwelling on it after 30 years? Lloyd and Phil can 
 LC>  probably shed some light on this for me. Also, is it true that if you 
 LC>  are an NFB member then you cannot join the ACB? I wish the two groups 
 LC>  would shove their differences out of the way and work together to 
 LC>  improve our lives. I like the philosophy of the NFB, but I'm really 
 LC>  turned off by backstabbing of other organizations. Wish I could have 
 LC>  gone to the ACB convention as well. We did not have a chance to 
 LC>  organize a Blinktalk gathering. I was too  busy running around 

Now, Liz, I was around in the late 50's and the 60's when all of
this took place.  To put it simply without going into all of the
details, it was those of us who disagreed with the top brass, were
kicked out.  Louisiana, like some others, beat them to the punch
and got out, or we would have been kicked out like the others who
disagreed, and were kicked out because they tried to stay.

AS far as back stabbing by other organizations, maybe you should
look at who is doing the back stabbing.

As far as belonging to both organizations, it is Jernigan who says
you can't belong to both.  The ACB does not say that you cannot
belong to both organizations.

As far as the two organizations working together, on local levels
they do.  It is on the national level that they do not work
together.  The ACB works in cooperation with other organizations,
but the NFB does not.  I was at the White House for the handicapped
one year, and so was Jernigan, and when he could not run it, he
called a meeting and tried to wreck it.

               Walter

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