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Gallaudet University Protest
Title: Gallaudet University Protest
Category: History
Details: Words: 319 | Pages: 1.4 (approximately 235 words/page)
Gallaudet University Protest
Gallaudet University Protest
In its 124-year history as a deaf college and university, Gallaudet University had never appointed a deaf individual as president. Being the only liberal arts college for the deaf in the United States, Gallaudet University is viewed by many within the deaf community as a symbol of pride. It is extremely difficult (if not impossible) to locate a deaf person in the United States who has not heard of Gallaudet. After making …showed first 75 words of 319 total…
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…showed last 75 words of 319 total…in the media with less than a week of protest, the movement successfully achieved all four of their demands: Zinser was removed, and the deaf president I King Jordan took the office. Spilman was also removed.
With thousands of protestors marching, the group would surely be classified as collective and based on a common purpose and while the movement was short lived, the effect of the protest and the cause will not soon be forgotten.
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