Biography of Blind Activist Published: 'Blind Justice' Tells Story of NFB Founder Jacobus tenBroek

摘要

"Blind Justice: Jacobus tenBroek and the Vision of Equality," the first full-length biography of the champion of equal opportunities for blind people and founder of the National Federation of the Blind, was recently published by the Library of Congress' National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped (NLS) and the Friends of Libraries for Blind and Physically Handicapped Individuals in North America. Floyd Matson, tenBroek's friend and collaborator, is the author of "Blind Justice." The book recounts how tenBroek, who was blind from the age of 7, fought for and received a university teaching position and became a pioneer in organizing the blind community to claim its constitutional rights.