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They refused to relent until the Board of Trustees granted their core demand: appoint a Deaf president to lead Gallaudet.
Jordan quickly became a global leader for deaf and disability rights. The lessons from Deaf President Now should be clear.
Its success, fueled by direct action, shows that rights have to be claimed rather than given. Deaf President Now stands as a watershed moment in the history not just of Deaf and disability rights, but also of American civil rights more broadly.
As I spoke to people who had been instrumental in the protests, and the current president of Gallaudet, I heard one additional message: a fear that too few Americans even remember this story. To share, copy this permalink: Copy to clipboard. Here's what we've learned about mass protests since the Silent Parade. The civil rights movement was not nearly as admired by white Americans in its own time as we imagine it being.
Her death is a useful reminder that students have often served on the political front lines. The lesser-known beginning of the desegregation of public transportation. Fifty years ago, faculty and students at MIT grappled with how scientists should take a stand against the Vietnam War.
Wolfe via Science on March 1, The year old monument crashed down on its face after a rally in support of a student who allegedly vandalized it last spring. The Sit-In was the longest non-violent occupation of a federal building in United States history.
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The Week the World Heard Gallaudet Paperback – January 30, This item:The Week the World Heard Gallaudet by Jack R. Gannon Paperback $ Jack R. Gannon is former Special Assistant for Advocacy to the president of Gallaudet University. In full-color and black-and-white photographs, The Week the World Heard Gallaudet depicts, day by day, the Deaf President Now!.
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