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1 Word-Fictional Story-Intro-part 2
There are many groups that are helping the blind, Like The National Federation of the Blind. The National Federation of the Blind was founded in 1940 by Dr. Jacobus tenBroek, a young blind lawyer who would later also distinguish himself as a constitutional scholar. He led a meeting of representatives from seven states at Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania at which a resolution was adopted to start an organization for blind people to organize against the discrimination that they were experiencing and to help blind people realize that they could do much more than much of society expected of them. During the 1940s and 1950s, the organization's goals were to prevent able-bodied blind people from living as poor and unemployed people, many of whom were living in institutions or as beggars. By the 1960s, however, the organization also began fighting to improve the working conditions of blind people and to improve education for blind people, which meant improving services for blind children in primary and secondary schools and finding ways for more intelligent blind people to attend universities. The NFB grew rapidly and by 1960, most states had affiliates. In 1961, however, there was a serious internal division within the organization, largely resulting from conflicts over the leadership styles of tenBroek and other important people in the organization, in which some state affiliates, particularly from western states, walked out of the convention and helped form the American Council of the Blind. Jacobus tenBroek, who had served as president of the NfB for 20 years, resigned due to these problems, and was succeeded by John Taylor, but tenBroek became president again in 1966. His comeback did not last long, however, as he died in 1968. His successor was Dr. Kenneth Jernigan, who was known as a very inspiring speaker and writer who did much to expand the federation and it was soon more powerful than it had been during the 1961 split. In 1986 he retired and was replaced by his young protege, Dr. Marc Maurer. Until his death in 1998, Jernigan remained a very powerful figure in the organization. As of 2006, Maurer is still the president.
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