Good (In)Tensions: The Historical Relationships Between Hampton University and Black Deaf Education

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Abstract

Black teachers' access to formal Deaf education training was limited to nonexistent until 1942 at Hampton University, a Historically Black College and University (HBCU). The location and close proximity of Black Deaf schools to HBCUs was critical during the late 1930s to 1950s as space and place were “sites of presence, futurity, imagination, power and knowing” and the birthplace of Deaf education for Black teachers. The purpose of this critical place and historical archival methodology study is to uncover the relationship and impact of Hampton University on Black Deaf education between 1940-1950, to understand the role space, place, and time played in that contribution, and what this rich history could mean for centering Blackness in Deaf education today

Author

• Lissa Ramirez-Stapleton, California State University - Fullerton
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