Deaf President Now
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deaf-president-now-179-1755663
title:
Deaf President Now
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Deaf President Now (DPN) was a student protest in March 1988 at Gallaudet University, Washington, D.C. The protest began on March 6, 1988, when the Board of Trustees announced its decision to appoint a hearing candidate, Elizabeth Zinser, over the other Deaf candidates, Irving King Jordan and Harvey Corson, as its seventh president. Gallaudet students, backed by a number of alumni, staff, and faculty, shut down the campus. Protesters barricaded gates, burned effigies, and gave interviews to the
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1988 student protest at Gallaudet University
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deaf_President_Now
date created:
2005-02-21T21:22:12Z
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2024-09-04T19:14:00Z
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