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• Deaf Culture 101

• Deaf History Month: Deaf Cinema

• Deaf History Month: Kids Try to Use Old Deaf Devices for the First Time

• History of Black Deaf Schools

• National Association of the Deaf YouTube Channel

• National Association for the Deaf - Archived Webinars

• Sign1 News

• Signing Black in America (YouTube)

• Through the Eyes of Deaf Children (YouTube)

• American Sign Language - Language Changes

  From the New York Times - how sign language is changing

• Black ASL Project (Gallaudet University)

  The objectives of this four-year project are :
  to create a filmed corpus of conversational Black ASL as it is used in the South; to provide a description of the linguistic features that make Black ASL recognizable as a distinct variety of ASL and of the history of the education of Black Deaf children; to disseminate the project findings in the form of teaching materials and instructional resources.

• Black Deaf History Month

  From the National Black Deaf Advocates:
  The National Black Deaf Advocates (NBDA) is the official advocacy organization for thousands of Black Deaf and hard of hearing people in the United States.

• Deaf President Now (DPN) Protest

  "In March 1988, Gallaudet University experienced a watershed event that led to the appointment of the 124-year-old university’s first deaf president. Since then, Deaf President Now (DPN) has become synonymous with self-determination and empowerment for deaf and hard of hearing people everywhere." From Gallaudet University

• Gallaudet University-Deaf Rare Materials

  Rare materials from the Internet Archive

• Historical Timeline

  From Gallaudet University, this timeline traces 150 years of campus history.

• Maryland Deaf Culure Digital Library

  Wonderful resource for information on Deaf Culture in digital formats.

• National Association of the Deaf

  "... Established in 1880, the NAD was shaped by deaf leaders who believed in the right of the American deaf community to use sign language, to congregate on issues important to them, and to have its interests represented at the national level. ..." From the NAD website.

• National Deaf History Month: Exploring Deaf Culture with Library of Congress Primary Sources

  The Library of Congress provides primary sources about Deaf History and Deaf Culture, focusing on the many contributions of deaf and hard of hearing Americans.

• National Deaf Life Museum

  As part of Gallaudet University, this museum provides outreach and programming about what it means to be deaf vs hearing within wider national and international communities. It also serves "to host historical, linguistic, and cultural scholarship that serves the University and its visitors as a resource on deaf life and artistic expression." From the National Deaf Museum website.

• RIT/NTID Deaf Studies Archive

  The Rochester Institute of Technology hosts a digital collection "dedicated to increasing knowledge of the history and culture of NTID and connected Deaf community members and strengthen identity formation and pride." From the Deaf Studies Archive

• Teaching Them to Speak: On Juan Pablo Bonet and the History of Oralism

  Article from the Paris Review which discusses the history or "oralism" or the argument that deaf children should be taught to speak rather than to sign.

• Yale University Library Exhibit - Deaf: Cultures and Communication, 1600 to the Present

  "This exhibit explores how people have understood deaf communication and Deaf culture since the seventeenth century, with displays on the history of education, medical interventions, sign languages, and popular culture." From the Yale University Library Online Exhibitions