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Gallaudet University Launches $23 Million "Necessity of Now" Campaign to Honor the Legacy of Louise Miller, an Unsung Hero of Educational and Racial Justice in America, and Advance Student Scholarships, Programs and Research at the World's First Center fo

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WASHINGTON, Nov. 27, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Gallaudet University is pleased to announce the official launch of the public phase of a $23 million fundraising campaign, the "Necessity of Now" (NOW), to honor the legacy of Louise Miller, an unsung hero of educational and racial justice in America. The campaign also will support the university's Center for Black Deaf Studies, the first of its kind in the world to preserve and advance Black Deaf history and culture, including Black American Sign Language.

Key Points: 
  • Gallaudet University is the leading university in the world for deaf, hard of hearing and deafblind students.
  • The goal of the campaign is to raise $23 million with $13 million to be allocated for the Pathways and Gardens and $10 million to be allocated to the Center for Black Deaf Studies.
  • Necessity of Now funds also will support the Center for Black Deaf Studies at Gallaudet University.
  • In that landmark decision in 1954, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that racial segregation of children in public schools was unconstitutional.

At Historic Graduation Ceremony, Gallaudet University Honors 24 Black Deaf Students, Four Black Teachers and Their Descendants From 1950s-era Kendall School Division II for Negroes

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WASHINGTON, July 22, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Gallaudet University, the world's premier institution for deaf and hard of hearing students, held a historic graduation ceremony today on its campus to honor the 24 Black Deaf students and four Black teachers of the Kendall School Division II for Negroes, which operated on the Gallaudet campus from 1952 to 1954. 

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  • At the ceremony, the 24 students and their descendants received high school diplomas conferred by Gallaudet's Laurent Clerc National Deaf Education Center.
  • Included in the proclamation: "Gallaudet deeply regrets the role it played in perpetuating the historic inequity, systemic marginalization, and the grave injustice committed against the Black Deaf community when Black Deaf students were excluded at Kendall School and in denying the 24 Black Deaf Kendall School students their diplomas.
  • Dr. Carolyn D. McCaskill, founding director of the Center for Black Deaf Studies, said, "Today's Kendall School Division II graduation ceremony was one of the most profoundly moving events here at Gallaudet during my 37 years here.
  • From 1898 to 1905, Kendall School, a K-12 program on the campus of what is now Gallaudet University, enrolled and educated Black students.

Gallaudet University to Honor 23 Black Deaf Students, Four Black Teachers and Their Descendants From 1950s-era Segregated Kendall School Division II for Negroes

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Gallaudet University, the world's premier institution for deaf and hard of hearing students, will hold a graduation ceremony to honor the 23 Black Deaf students and four Black teachers of the Kendall School Division II for Negroes.

Key Points: 
  • Gallaudet University, the world's premier institution for deaf and hard of hearing students, will hold a graduation ceremony to honor the 23 Black Deaf students and four Black teachers of the Kendall School Division II for Negroes.
  • Kendall School Division II was a segregated private elementary school for Black Deaf students that operated on Gallaudet's campus from 1952 to 1954.
  • From 1898 to 1905, Kendall School, a K-12 program on the campus of what is now Gallaudet University, enrolled and educated Black students.
  • This led to – rather than the acceptance of Black Deaf students into Kendall School outright – the construction on the Gallaudet campus of the segregated Kendall School Division II for Negroes, an inferior building with fewer resources than those made available to white students.