David F Armstrong Gallaudet History All Books sku-32165360

David F Armstrong's The History of Gallaudet University: 150 Years of a Deaf American Institution is a hardcover in All Books, sku-32165360. On April 8, 1864, President Abraham Lincoln and Congress enacted legislation allowing the Columbia Institution for the Instruction of the Deaf and Dumb and the Blind to grant collegiate degrees. The book follows the institution's development into Gallaudet University and its liberal arts education for deaf and hard of hearing students. It contains more than 250 photographs and illustrations. From a college with fewer than 200 students, Gallaudet grew alongside the American Deaf Community. The book covers access to higher education for deaf students, legislated segregation, the Civil Rights movement, deaf people's struggle for control of university governance, and the development of American Sign Language as a language of scholarship when its use in educational institutions was often discouraged or prohibited.You may also like Ruth Clayton Windscheffel Gladstone All Books sku-8668909.