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The Day - Library Notes: Looking ahead to Deaf History Month with American Sign Language classes


Published February 18. 2021 10:54AM 
Erik Caswell, Special to The Times
Each year, Deaf History Month is observed from March 13 until April 15 to highlight three key dates in deaf history. Despite being a relatively overlooked month in the public imagination, one of those key dates holds local significance.
Deaf History Month begins by commemorating the March 13, 1988, Deaf President Now movement’s successful push to make I. King Jordan the first deaf president of Gallaudet University, the world’s only university specifically for students who are deaf or hard-of-hearing.
Another key date Deaf History Month recognizes is April 8, 1864, when President Abraham Lincoln signed the charter for Gallaudet University in Washington D.C., more than 100 years before that university had its first deaf president. ....

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