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Deaf History Month
Deaf History Month
Deaf History Month is celebrated every year from March 13th to April 15th. These dates are significant because they include some mile-stones for the American deaf community.
On April 15, 1817 the first public school called American School for the Deaf was established in Hartford, Connecticut.
On April 8, 1864 President Abraham Lincoln approved the charter for Gallaudet College, the first higher educational institution for the deaf and hard of hearing in the world. It became a University in 1986.
March 13, 1988 I. King Jordan became the first deaf president of Gallaudet University after student activism, through the organization Deaf President Now (DFN), petitioned for a deaf president.
Let's honor the lives and contributions of the deaf and hard of hearing community by listening and learning about them through their stories and words.
Videos
Videos
Dear Hearing People
Dear Hearing People
A Film by Sarah Snow & Jules Dameron
The Story of American Sign Language
The Story of American Sign Language
Read alouds
Read alouds
Moses Goes to a Concert
Moses Goes to a Concert
by Isaac Millman
Biographies
Biographies
Shirley Jeanne Allen
Shirley Jeanne Allen
Shirley Jeanne Allen, EdD, became deaf at the age of 20 during her time studying music at college. She transferred to Gallaudet to earn her Bachelors degree and later earned her Masters’ degree at Howard University and then her doctorate degree in education at University of Rochester becoming the first African American deaf women to earn a PhD.
Nyle DiMarco
Nyle DiMarco
Nyle DiMarco was born deaf, which is called congenital deafness. He grew up in a family with 25 deaf members. He earned a degree in mathematics at Gallaudet University. He was the first deaf winner of the reality tv show, America’s Next Top Model. He is an American actor, model, and deaf activist.
Eugene Hairston
Eugene Hairston
Eugene Hairston became deaf when he was 12 months old because of spinal meningitis. He went to a deaf school until the age 15 when he had to leave school to earn money for his family. Through hard work and natural talent he became a prominent boxer and defeating two world champions. He was given the nickname Silent Hairston.
Princess Alice of Battenberg
Princess Alice of Battenberg
Princess Alice of Battenberg was congenitally deaf. During World War II she lived in Athens, Greece and helped organize and provide aid for starving and impoverished Greek citizens. After the German invasion she hid three members of the Jewish Cohen family which helped save them from concentration camps.
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