Nation in brief : washington, d. C. : blind executive gets civil rights position
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Russell G. Redenbaugh, a blind Philadelphia business executive, was appointed to the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights. Redenbaugh said that, after he was graduated from college, he was turned
down by two business schools because he is blind. He said they told him that, even if he could get through their programs, they “could not afford to squander their scarce resources on
someone who would be obviously unemployable.” MORE TO READ