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The Braille Mirror, a braille magazine, was first published in 1926 by the Universal Braille Press. Atkinson lobbied lawmakers and influenced the passage of the Pratt-Smoot Act in 1931. The legislation provided $100,000 for the printing and distribution of raised-print media through the Library of Congress Services for the Blind.
The Braille Authority of North America (BANA) is the standardizing body of English Braille orthography in the United States and Canada. It consists of a number of member organizations, such as the Braille Institute of America , the National Braille Association , and the Canadian National Institute for the Blind .
The Detroit Free Press (commonly referred to as the Freep) is a major daily newspaper in Detroit, Michigan, United States.It is the largest local newspaper owned by Gannett (the publisher of USA Today), and is operated by the Detroit Media Partnership under a joint operating agreement with The Detroit News, its historical rival.
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J. Robert Atkinson (November 29, 1887 – February 1, 1964) was the founder of the Universal Braille Press in 1919 in Los Angeles, later known as the Braille Institute of America, and published the first Braille edition of the King James Version of the Bible, among other books. Atkinson became an innovator and advocate for the blind, working to ...
The Braille Challenge started locally in 2000 sponsored by Braille Institute to help encourage and promote students’ braille skills. [3] In 2003 Braille Institute began partnering with other organizations and formed an advisory committee in order to make the Braille Challenge accessible to all kids across the United States and Canada .
Duante Beddingfield, Detroit Free Press March 9, 2024 at 9:45 AM The Detroit Institute of Arts has been named as the nation’s best art museum in USA TODAY’s 2024 10Best Readers’ Choice Awards.