Course Overview
This course examines the presence of Black Deaf people in Deaf history, beginning with the first student to receive a formal education at a school for the deaf until the establishment of the Texas Blind, Deaf, Orphanage or TBDO as it was called. It will begin with a theoretical survey of the condition of being a black person during slavery, Reconstruction era and colonialism, and conclude with a discussion of the Reconstruction era decision to provide education for Black Deaf students in the Southern states.
Admission in the Black Deaf Studies Minor or permission of the instructor
Program: Deaf Studies
Credit: 3
Faculty
Other Courses
Deaf Studies
Credits 1-3
Deaf Studies
Credits 1-3
Deaf Studies
Credits 3
Deaf Studies
Credits 1-3
Deaf Studies
Credits 3
Deaf Studies
Credits 3
Contact
- Deaf Studies
- Sorenson Language and Communication Center (SLCC) | 1214
- H-Dirksen.Bauman@gallaudet.edu
- (202) 651-5000
- 202-250-2405
Monday
9:00 am-5:00 pm
Tuesday
9:00 am-5:00 pm
Wednesday
9:00 am-5:00 pm
Thursday
9:00 am-5:00 pm
Friday
9:00 am-5:00 pm
