Biography of the founder of the National Federation of the Blind, written by friend and collaborator Matson. Tells how tenBroek (1911-1968), blinded at age seven, obtained a law degree and became an advocate not only for blind people but for people with disabilities, poor people, and other minority groups.
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Biography of the founder of the National Federation of the Blind, written by friend and collaborator Matson. Tells how tenBroek (1911-1968), blinded at age seven, obtained a law degree and became an advocate not only for blind people but for people with disabilities, poor people, and other minority groups.
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Near Fine in Near Fine jacket. A biography of the pioneer in organizing the blind to claim their constitutional rights. Gently bumped with corresponding crimps to the Brodart covered jacket.
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NF in NF jacket. Octavo. Gray cloth covered boards and spine with shiny silver foil lettering on both the spine and the front board. Book has no discernable wear, but dows have a very faint fingerprint on the outside edge of the textblock. Gray endpapers. Binding is straight and tight. Pages are all clean, white, and crisp. 294 pages. Dust Jacket-has a nearly unnoticable trace of rubbing at the tail of the spine and at the extreme tips of a couple of the outside corners-jacket is otherwise clean, bright, and sharp. A beautiful copy. Not terribly common.
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Very good in very good dust jacket. DJ has slight wear and soiling. Sewn binding. Paper over boards. xiv, 294 p. Illustration. Notes. Index. Dr. Jacobus tenBroek founded the National Federation of the Blind in 1940. Dr. tenBroek was also a constitutional law scholar, a civil rights activist, a leader in the reform of social welfare, and a distinguished national and international humanitarian. From his days as a law student until his death, Dr. tenBroek produced thousands of written documents, including letters, speeches, law review articles, and books. These documents, collectively called the "tenBroek papers" provide an insight into who the man really was. As president of the NFB Dr. tenBroek directed efforts to require sheltered workshops to pay workers a minimum wage, reform the Social Security Act to provide full disability insurance benefits to blind people, and force the United States Civil Service Commission to certify qualified blind people as eligible for civil service jobs. In addition to being a constitutional rights activist, Dr. tenBroek was also a champion of academic freedom, as evidenced by his efforts during the University of California loyalty oath controversy and the free speech movement.
