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Black Deaf

The resources below are a collection of websites, videos, books, readings, and other learning materials we found helpful over time. This list is constantly growing and is a compilation of resources shared with us over social media, found on YouTube, created by the Black Deaf community or disability support organizations. If you use these resources, please credit the individual(s) or organization that labored to put the material together. This information can be found within each link. Please use these resources as a starting point to incorporate Black Deaf life, experiences, and history into your courses and/or to expand your understanding and knowledge about the diversity, needs, history, and complexities of Black community life. 

Art

Education

Class of '52
(Black Deaf Segregated Schools film)

International Black Deaf Perspectives & Resources

Deaf and Destined to Bridge the World | Isidore Niyongabo | TEDxSDSU
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=XLje7b52sfs

 

Dr. Andrew Foster, Ghana and the Roots of Deaf Education in Africa

https://m.youtube.com/watch?t=1537s&v=nHHr6DYxRy0 

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Documentary Deaf Rolemodels in Kenya, Africa

 https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=aMBA7rIdPZ8

Organizations

National Black Deaf Advocates (NBDA)

https://www.nbda.org

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Born Too Soon? Willard Shorter (Founder of NBDA)

http://library.rit.edu/exhibits/deafhistory/shorter.htm

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Helping to Educate to Advance the Rights of Deaf Communities

https://behearddc.org/

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International Deaf Education and Leadership (IDEAL)

http://realideal.org/

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Give Back To Community- Zambia (GBCZ)

https://www.gbczambia.org/?fbclid=IwAR1zk4M0LLekfgox4XNlwtL7bqZAaut5wWf4El_zwKqvJyg9YrIdi0V1qB4

Sports

Silent Dreams

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Since childhood it was this Deaf basketball player's "Silent Dream" to play with hearing players on a professional basketball team. In 2004 Osei Morris was the first Deaf African American to play in the American Basketball Association (ABA) with the "LA-Stars." Osei narrates his once in a lifetime experience. This mini-doc was shot by a deaf female filmmaker and edited by a student editor; it is voiced and captioned.

 

https://www.youtube.com/watchv=LVkfaZdv6uw&fbclid=IwAR10wlFhUVaQKJf_so8tfrmFK9Y1XOOyeCllIoH62cCM-LKuZim6UzNTXsY

Black Deaf Collective Information

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Black Deaf Culture Through the Lens of Black Deaf History

By Benro Ogunyipe, Former NBDA President 2011-2013

https://dcmp.org/learn/366-black-deaf-culture-through-the-lens-of-black-deaf-history

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ASUW Student Disability Commission

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1mogaPT5QYdElwJ1hvWxyNCL97R32z9FsRYs8qfbWpBE/mobilebasic

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Black Deaf Center

www.blackdeafcenter.com

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Center for Black Deaf Studies- Gallaudet University 

https://gallyshare.com/center-for-black-deaf-studies/

Black American Sign Language

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‘ASL Bae’: Get to know Black ASL interpreter Billy Sanders

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Celebrating and preserving Black American Sign Language

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eyCdz3Y_EdI&feature=share 

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The Hidden Treasure of Black ASL: Its History and Structure (Book & DVD) (2011) (paperback 2020

Chapter 1

Publications/Media By & About Black Deaf Communities

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