The Necessity of Now: Honoring Black Deaf Students
Saturday, July 22, 2023 | 1 to 3:30 p.m. ET
Swindells Auditorium in the Kellogg Conference Hotel, the site of the former Kendall School Division II
Gallaudet University, 800 Florida Avenue NE, Washington, D.C. 20002
Please join us for a graduation ceremony to honor the 24 Black Deaf students and four Black teachers of Kendall School Division II for Negroes, the segregated school for Black Deaf students on Gallaudet’s campus from 1952 to 1954.
At this ceremony, the students and their descendants will receive high school diplomas conferred by the Laurent Clerc National Deaf Education Center.
This event is hosted by the Louise B. Miller Pathways and Gardens: A Legacy to Black Deaf Children Steering Committee. The Steering Committee represents the following Gallaudet University divisions: Office of the President; Division of Equity, Diversity, and Inclusive Excellence; Center for Black Deaf Studies; Institutional Advancement; Campus Design and Facilities; and University Communications.
List of Graduates and Educators
Students
- Mary Arnold
- Janice Boyd (Ruffin)
- Irene Brown
- Darrell Chatman
- Robbie Cheatham
- Dorothy Howard (Miller)
- Robert Lee Jones
- Richard King Jr.
- Rial Loftis
- Deborah Maton
- William Matthews
- Donald Mayfield
- Robert Milburn
- Kenneth Miller
- Willie Moore Jr.
- Clifford Ogburn
- Diana Pearson (Hill)
- Doris Richardson
- Julian Richardson
- Charles Robinson
- Christine Robinson
- Norman Robinson
- Barbara Shorter
- Dorothy Watkins (Jennings)
Teachers
- Mary E. Britts (Phillips)
- Rubye S. Frye (Hughes)
- Robert Robinson
- Bessie Z. Thornton
To learn more, please go to the Louise B. Miller Pathways and Gardens: A Legacy to Black Deaf Children website.
