Black Deaf Resources

To the Black Deaf community, we are here to provide a space for you and your voices to be heard. 

We stand with you. We value you. 

Below you can find a list of resources related to Black Deaf lives and Black Deaf voices. Please refer to Black organizations for their resources first and foremost – this is only meant to amplify their work to the world. 

If you have more Black Deaf resources to share with us, please contact dsdj@gallaudet.edu. We will continue to add more resources to this list!

BLACK DEAF RESOURCES 

ORGANIZATIONS: 

• Black Deaf Center
• National Black Deaf Advocates
• HEARD 
• Black, Disabled, and Proud 
• National Black Disability Coalition
• The Divas With Disabilities Project
• Deaf Women of Color 

RESOURCE LISTS: 

• Black Deaf Culture Through the Lens of Black Deaf History: 
  • A Brief Commentary on the History, Culture, and Education of Black Deaf People 
  • The Black Deaf Community: Recent Accomplishments and Recognition
  • Rising Stars: Black and Deaf Inspirations
  • New Generation of Black Deaf People in Leadership 
  • Black Deaf People in Arts & Entertainment 
  • Black Deaf Books
• The Black ASL Project
• Black ASL as a Separate Variety
• Deaf Culture Within Black Culture by Jamie Berke
• Monroe Pedagogy 
• Jade Films 
• Convo BLM Resources
• Structural Racism & Police Violence Resources 
• @ProtestAccess on Twitter and Instagram
  • Captions or transcriptions for any #BLM-related videos 

PUBLICATIONS AND ARTICLES: 

• NBDA Connects Publications 
• HEARD Newsletter 
• The Black and Deaf Movements in America Since 1960: Parallelism and an Agenda for the Future
• Apartheid in Deaf Education: Examining Workforce Diversity by Laurene Simms, Melissa Rusher, Jean F. Andrews, and Judy Coryell
• Black Deaf Culture” from African American Cultural Center at UIC
• Police killings: the price of being disabled and black in America
• “Ramp Your Voice!” 
• To be Black, deaf and hard of hearing during a pandemic by Crystal Marie
• Signing Black in America: The Story of Black American Sign Language by NCDHHS 
• Washington Post: Sign language that African Americans use are different from that of whites 
• Dear Deaf White People by David A. Player
• “We Have 14 Black Deaf Americans With Ph.D.s – 14” with Franklin Jones Jr. and Carolyn McCaskill
• Reflections on Black History Month By Dr. Joseph Hill | NDC

BOOKS: 

• Black Deaf Books
• Black and Deaf in America by Ernest Hairston and Linwood Smith
• “I Have the Right To be a Child” signed by Akliah English
• “Something Happened in our Town” signed by Akliah English 

FILMS and VIDEOS: 

• Black Deaf Center vlogs
• Jade Films
• Black Deaf History – Southern School for the Deaf
• Black ASL by Dr. Joseph Hill 
• Black Deaf Filmmakers | Disability Visibility Project (Podcast, but downloadable transcript available)
• Black Deaf History – Joseph Sarpy 
• Black, Deaf & Female 
• Deaf Ecosystem Spotlight – National Black Deaf Advocates (NBDA) – Convo
• Tim Albert- National Black Deaf Advocates
• Inside a Deaf School’s Fight for Civil Rights | AJ with Cahlah Chapman 
• Presenting #GUAlumniPresents: “We Belong” by Storm Smith, ‘10
• United against racism and violence – special town hall by NBDA with NAD and Gallaudet
• A Dialogue on Systematic Racism, Vulnerability, and Accountability from Black Deaf Experience: Live Town Hall Hosted by NBDA 
• Through Deaf Eyes Film
• Dear Black Deaf Girls
• Unity For Who? By Roxanne Dummett and Andrew Jones
• Signs of Solidarity for deaf black people | Washington Post
• First Black Deaf Woman with PhD in Clinical Psychology from Gallaudet University | The Daily Moth with Alesia Howard Allen
• Middle School Students Explain 13 Guiding Principles in ASL | D.C. Area Educators for Social Justice
• Gallaudet University Library

Search the following: 

• Black ASL: The Socio-historical Foundations by Drs. Carolyn McCaskill and Ceil Lucas.
• Deaf Mosaic #611, “I Didn’t Hear That Color,” a play about deaf African-American culture.
• Deaf Mosaic #404, Andrew Foster.
• Deaf Mosaic#112, Earnest Hairston.
• Deaf Mosaic #202, Linwood Smith, Jr.