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From: Jamal.Mazrui@p0.f460.n101.z1.fidonet.org (Jamal Mazrui)
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Subject: Re: Resignation Statement, Part 2
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Date: 14 Dec 90 04:37:14 GMT
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Thanks for your message explaining the basis my brother would
have had for a lawsuit against the National Federational of the
Blind for retracting a scholarship after he told theme he could
not attent an un-publicized preconvention meeting due to his
wedding.  In protesting this retraction, I did say it was
"possibly illegal."  Apparently the national office felt the
organization was sufficiently at fault that they decided to give
him money instead from the American Brotherhood for the Blind,
which is also controlled by national NFB leaders (Dr. Jernigan,
is Executive Director of both organizations, and Mr. Maurer is
President of the Federation and General Council of the
Brotherhood).  My brother and I were asked to keep quiet about
this grant of money to him.  He received no public recognition
at the NFB convention in Dallas unlike the other scholarship
winners, yet was still expected to meet with an NFB "mentor"
almost every day of his stay there on his honeymoon.
  We did in fact keep quite about this resolution of my
brother's case until it became clear that the head of the NFB
Scholarship Committee was exercising a vendetta to expel me as a
member because I had gone over her head to the national office
after he declined to reconsider my brother's case.  The NFB then
used the charge that I had "alleged illegalities" committed by
officers in its decision to expel me as a member a couple of
weeks ago.  From what you say, Idid in fact have a legal basis
for protesting the retraction of my brother's scholarship,
though I never actually claimed it was illegal, just "possibly
illegal."  Any other insights you might have on the conduct of
the Federation against me would be of interest to me.
  Thanks for your support.
 
--Jamal--

 

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