TY  - BOOK
AU  - Jankowski,Katherine A.
TI  - Deaf empowerment: emergence, struggle, and rhetoric 
SN  - 1563680610
AV  - HV2530 .J35 1997
U1  - 362.420973 21
PY  - 1997///]
CY  - Washington, D.C.
PB  - Gallaudet University Press
KW  - Deaf
KW  - United States
KW  - History
KW  - Civil rights
KW  - Means of communication
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (pages 175-191) and index; Introduction -- A history of the Deaf community in America -- The struggle begins -- The political forces of the 1960s and 1970s -- The Deaf President Now protest -- Seeking a diversified America -- Conclusion
N2  - The story of "the struggle between the dominant hearing society and Deaf people over the best means of communication, with the educational setting as the constant battleground." Includes the influences of other social movements of the 60s and 70s, the Deaf President Now! protest at Gallaudet University, and suggestions and hopes for the future.--Jacket
ER  -