NIC Names and Dates

Who was the first Deaf president of Gallaudet

Who was the first Deaf chair of the Board of Trustees at Gallaudet

What year was the Deaf President Now student protest at Gallaudet.

When was Gallaudet University established

First Deaf teacher in America.  Co-Founded America's first school for the Deaf with Gallaudet.

learned Sign Language from Laurent Clerc

learned Sign Language from Thomas Hopkins Gallaudet

Founder of the Silent News, first Deaf newspaper

First Deaf major baseball player - creating the hand signals that are still used in baseball today.  first player to be entered in the American Athletic Association for the Deaf’s Hall of Fame.

female deaf poet and journalist in the late 19th century into the early 20th century

founded Girl Scouts of the
USA

the first African American to earn a Bachelor of Arts degree from Gallaudet

who pioneered Deaf education in France and started a school for Deaf children.  He collected and organized the signs that Deaf people were already using in France, and developed teaching and learning methods.