 Kenneth Jernigan relocated from Iowa to Baltimore, Maryland in 1978 and established the National Center for the Blind, the home of the National Federation of the Blind, at 1800 Johnson Street in South Baltimore.Under his dynamic leadership, this Center became the focal point of civil rights activity not only for the blind of America, but also for the world.Kenneth Jernigan continued his revolutionary work until his untimely death from lung cancer in 1998.