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It’s OK to get a little messy while celebrating this holiday in India.

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What is Holi Festival? - Hindu Festival of Colour - Behind the News

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What is Holi Festival?

Holi, is a religious spring festival celebrated by Hindus. It is a festival celebrated with colour, water and the exchange of sweets and is primarily observed in India, Nepal, Pakistan, and countries with a large Indian population following Hinduism.

Why do we celebrate Holi?

Holi originally, was a festival that commemorated good harvests and the fertile land. In addition to celebrating the coming of spring, Hindus believed that it was a time to enjoy spring's abundant colors and saying farewell to winter.

Holi also celebrates many religious myths and legends. On the eve of the festival, bonfires are lit in memory of a young Prahlad's miraculous escape from the Demoness Holika, sister of Hiranyakashipu in Hindu mythology. The name Holi is derived from the demoness Holika.

Even though there have been references to a festival such as this in Sanskrit texts where people sprayed coloured water using bamboo syringes, the origin of the modern Holi festival has been traced back to ancient Bengal. During the Gaudiya Vaishnav festival, people went to Krishna temples, applied red colour to the icon and then distributed the red coloured powder along with prasad to family and friends. These customs spread across the country and now...

History of Holi

Even though Holi originated in Bengal, the festival is most celebrated in the Braj region - locations connected to Lord Krishna such as Mathura, Vrindavan, Nandagaon and Barsana. These places see a huge surge in tourism during the Holi festival.

Holi is celebrated on the last full moon day of the lunar month, which usually falls in the later part of February or March.

Holi celebration in India

In most parts of India, Holi lasts about two days. One of festivals biggest attributes is that it closes the wide gaps between social classes and brings Hindus and people belonging to other religions together.

Holi today is celebrated with much fervour across the country. This festival is not just restricted to the younger ones, and you will see people of all ages, young and old participate. Just like the old times, people go visiting their friends and family and play with them. There are private parties too that are organised for the public by certain groups where a place is taken on rent, and people can come and play holi there with their friends. The organisers ensure that there is enough water, colour and sweets available. The music played at these parties get the crowds going as well.
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Make your own natural Holi colours by mixing some turmeric powder and gram flour and use it to play this Holi season. Be rest assured that this colour is safe and also extremely good for the skin.

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Holi, is a religious spring festival celebrated by Hindus. It is a festival celebrated with colour, water and the exchange of sweets and is primarily observed in India, Nepal, Pakistan, and countries with a large Indian population following Hinduism. Holi originally, was a festival that commemorated good harvests and the fertile land.

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Get an Up-Close Look at the Colorful Holi Festival | National Geographic

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Holi
होली

Observed by

Predominantly Hindus, Sikhs, Jains, Newar Buddhists, and others

Type

Religious, cultural, spring festival

Celebrations

Night before: Holika Dahan, Kama Dahan
On Holi: spraying colored dye, playing with colored powder, dancing, greetings, festival delicacies

Date

per Hindu calendar

2022 date

18 March

Frequency

Annual

Holi is a popular ancient Hindu festival, also known as the "Festival of Love", the "Festival of Colours", and the "Festival of Spring". The festival celebrates the eternal and divine love of Radha and Krishna. It also signifies the triumph of good over evil, as it celebrates the victory of Lord Vishnu as Narasimha Narayana over Hiranyakashipu. It originated and is predominantly celebrated in Nepal & India but has also spread to other regions of Asia and parts of the Western world through the diaspora from the Indian subcontinent.

Holi celebrates the arrival of spring, the end of winter, the blossoming of love and for many, it is a festive day to meet others, play and laugh, forget and forgive, and repair broken relationships. The festival also celebrates the beginning of a good spring harvest season. It lasts for a night and a day, starting on the evening of the Purnima (Full Moon Day) falling in the Hindu calendar month of Phalguna, which falls around middle of March in the Gregorian calendar. The first evening is known as Holika Dahan (burning of Demon Holika) or Chhoti Holi and the following day as Holi, Rangwali Holi, Dol Purnima, Dhuleti, Dhulandi, Ukuli, Manjal Kuli, Yaosang, Shigmo or Phagwah, Jajiri.

Holi is an ancient Hindu religious festival that has become popular among non-Hindus as well in many parts of South Asia, as well as people of other communities outside Asia. In addition to India and Nepal, the festival is celebrated by Indian subcontinent diaspora in countries such as Suriname, Guyana, Trinidad and Tobago, South Africa, Mauritius, Fiji, Malaysia, the United Kingdom, the United States, the Netherlands, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand. In recent years, the festival has spread to parts of Europe and North America as a spring celebration of love, frolic, and colours.

Holi celebrations start on the night before Holi with a Holika Dahan where people gather, perform religious rituals in front of the bonfire, and pray that their internal evil be destroyed the way Holika, the sister of the demon king Hiranyakashipu, was killed in the fire. The next morning is celebrated as Rangwali Holi (Dhuleti) - a free-for-all festival of colours, where people smear each other with colours and drench each other. Water guns and water-filled balloons are also used to play and colour each other. Anyone and everyone is fair game, friend or stranger, rich or poor, man or woman, children, and elders. The frolic and fight with colours occurs in the open streets, parks, outside temples and buildings. Groups carry drums and other musical instruments, go from place to place, sing and dance. People visit family, friends and foes come together to throw coloured powders on each other, laugh and gossip, then share Holi delicacies, food and drinks. In the evening, people dress up and visit friends and family.

Images for kids

In the Braj region of North India, women have the option to playfully hit men who save themselves with shields; for the day, men are culturally expected to accept whatever women dish out to them. This ritual is called Lath Mar Holi.

Drummers of Indo-Caribbean community celebrating Phagwah (Holi) in New York City, 2013.

In Spanish: Holi para niños

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The History Behind 7 Passover Traditions

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Everything you need to know about Passover, including the story, the seder, and why observers don't eat leavened bread during the holiday

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The Passover table already has salt water to symbolize our ancestors' tears, so PJ Library wants to help you avoid shedding actual ones when planning how to lead your own seder.

To make it as simple as possible, here's our Step-by-Step Seder video playlist. In each brief segment, the great Shira Kline shows you one of the fifteen steps of a seder. Follow along with the PJ Library Family Haggadah - which you can download for free - using this short, sweet cheat sheet.

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The Passover table already has salt water to symbolize our ancestors' tears, so PJ Library wants to help you avoid shedding actual ones when planning how to lead your own seder. To make it as simple as possible, here's our Step-by-Step Seder video playlist.

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Passover brachot/blessings and parst of the seder presented in ASL.

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From avoiding leavened products to the Fast of the First Born, here's your cheat sheet of Passover practices.

Passover is among the most widely celebrated Jewish holidays. While the particulars vary significantly from community to community, and even between individual families, there are many Passover customs that are observed in some form by large numbers of Jews.

Avoiding leavened bread

Passover is the strictest Jewish holiday when it comes to food. For eight days (seven in Israel), Jews traditionally avoid eating food made from leavened grain. Most significantly, this means avoiding any bread or bread products, with some Jews additionally abstaining from any grain product, including beer, pasta, oatmeal and most liquors.

Ridding the house of hametz

In addition to not eating bread, some Jews completely rid their houses of bread products - known in Hebrew as hametz. Those who observe this custom strictly will clean their house thoroughly to ensure even the crumbs behind the couch are removed. Grain products that are too difficult or expensive to remove will sometimes be kept at home but sold to a non-Jew for the duration of the holiday.

Fast of the First Born

Some Jews have the practice that the first born in every family fasts on the eve of Passover from sunrise to sunset. This fast is the only one in the Jewish calendar that applies only to one segment of the Jewish community and was established to remember how God spared the first born sons of Israel while killing the first born sons of the Egyptians. Some Jews have the custom of avoiding the fast by holding a festive meal early in the day to mark the completion of some portion of Torah study.

The Seder

The centerpiece of the Passover holiday is the seder, a ceremonial feast held at home on the first night of the holiday (some Jews who live outside Israel hold two seders, one on each of the first two nights.) The seder meal is intended to dramatically retell the story of the liberation of the ancient Israelites from slavery in Egypt and is laden with symbolic foods and rituals, including the eating of the bitter herbs (symbolizing the hardship of slavery) and the dipping of a green vegetable into salt water (symbolizing the bounty of the spring season). As with nearly all Jewish observances, the seder is preceded by the lighting of candles and the blessing of wine.

Eating matzah

Dubbed "the bread of affliction," matzah is an unleavened cracker, usually made from wheat, that is baked quickly (in under 18 minutes) before the batter has a chance to rise. It is eaten at the seder and throughout the holiday in remembrance of the haste in which the Jews left Egypt, leaving no time for their bread to rise. Matzah is the consummate symbol of Passover, which is sometimes referred to in Hebrew as Chag Hamatzot - the holiday of the matzah.

Synagogue services

Like all Jewish festivals, Passover has a special synagogue service that includes specific Torah readings for the holiday and the chanting of Song of Songs, the poetic work attributed to King Solomon. The memorial service Yizkor is also traditionally held in the synagogue on the final day of the holiday, one of only four times during the year it is recited.

No work

During the first two and last two days of Passover, many traditionally observant Jews will abstain from most of the same activities they avoid on the Sabbath - no driving, working, using electricity, lighting fires or spending money. On the intermediary days of the holiday - known as hol hamoed - those restrictions do not apply. Many Jewish schools close for the full duration of the holiday.
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From avoiding leavened products to the Fast of the First Born, here's your cheat sheet of Passover practices. Passover is among the most widely celebrated Jewish holidays. While the particulars vary significantly from community to community, and even between individual families, there are many Passover customs that are observed in some form by large numbers of Jews.

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DK Find Out! | Fun Facts for Kids on Animals, Earth, History and more!

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Visit DK Find Out! to learn about dinosaurs, space, animals, nature & more. Fun learning activities for kids with videos, quizzes & galleries at DKFindOut.com

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Bringing Ireland into your home

First things first: you won't be able to visit Ireland for St Patrick's Day this year because we're all being asked to avoid non-essential travel to the island until further notice. But you can enjoy the next best thing by tuning in online where a kaleidoscope of color, culture and creativity awaits.

From Belfast to Cork, communities will showcase their Irish pride through virtual events, bringing the world together to experience that famous Irish spirit. In Dublin, the St Patrick's Festival (March 12-17) will host a dedicated on-site TV channel, broadcasting an array of live performances, culminating in a spectacular virtual parade. Meanwhile in Armagh, the At Home with St Patrick's Festival celebrates the saint's roots in Northern Ireland with a lively online program of culture, music and dance.

So no matter where you are, don some green, dust off your festive spirit and be prepared to fill your heart with Ireland this St Patrick's Day!

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First things first: you won't be able to visit Ireland for St Patrick's Day this year because we're all being asked to avoid non-essential travel to the island until further notice. But you can enjoy the next best thing by tuning in online where a kaleidoscope of color, culture and creativity awaits.

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St.Patrick's Day Explained in ASL - American Sign Language

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Immigration and nativism transformed a quiet religious celebration into a day of raucous parades and shamrock shakes

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Sign Language Lessons - Saint Patrick's Day (ASL Snippets #10)

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Irish Dance: History, Music, Styles, Steps, Dresses, Shoes | DanceUs.org

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Learn about Irish dance - styles, steps, music, history, infulences; costumes, dresses, shoes; and modern Irish dancing with videos.

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Bring out your green! St. Patrick's Day-observed every March 17-is packed with parades, good luck charms, and all things green. The event started as a religious holiday, but over time it's become a celebration of Irish culture.

CELEBRATED SAINT

St. Patrick might be the patron saint of Ireland-but he didn't always live in Ireland. Patrick was born in Britain in the fourth century and didn't arrive in Ireland until he was 16 years old, when he was sent to work in the country.

After he arrived, Patrick became interested in Christianity and started teaching others about the religion. He is said to have converted many of the country's residents to Christians, and now St. Patrick's Day is celebrated on the day Patrick supposedly died.

MYTHS BUSTED

St. Patrick was a real person, but some of the traditions associated with him and the holiday are actually myths. For instance, you'll often see the four-leaf clover on St. Patrick's Day. However, according to legend, Patrick used a three-leaf clover, or shamrock, as part of his teachings. Even though it's possible for a shamrock to grow a fourth leaf, a four-leaf clover is just considered a symbol of good luck.

Another legend says that Patrick chased all the snakes out of Ireland. The problem? These creatures never actually lived in the country. In fact many animals found throughout Europe and North America don't live on the island of Ireland-the ocean keeps the critters away.

GOING GREEN

The fact that Ireland is an island-as well as green with leafy trees and grassy hills-means that the nation is sometimes called the Emerald Isle. But the color that people originally associated with St. Patrick was blue! (Some ancient Irish flags even sport this color.) Green was finally introduced to St. Patrick's Day festivities in the 18th century, when the shamrock (which is, of course, green) became a national symbol. Because of the shamrock's popularity and Ireland's landscape, the color stuck to the holiday.

Green is also the color that mythical fairies called leprechauns like to dress in-today, at least. But tales about leprechauns date back to before green was in: The fairies were first described as wearing red.

TODAY'S TRADITIONS

Leprechauns are actually one reason you're supposed to wear green on St. Patrick's Day-or risk getting pinched! The tradition is tied to folklore that says wearing green makes you invisible to leprechauns, which like to pinch anyone they can see. Some people also think sporting the color will bring good luck, and others wear it to honor their Irish ancestry. No wonder green decorations can be seen all over-the Chicago River in Illinois is even dyed green each year to celebrate the holiday.

Another tradition includes many Irish-American people in the United States eating corned beef and cabbage on St. Patrick's Day. People also gather to watch parades of traditional Irish dancers and musicians as they march through city streets. However you celebrate, here's hoping it's a lucky day!

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Check out surprising fact about this holiday (Why DO we wear green, anyway?)

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Deaf History Month: Kids Try to Use Old Deaf Devices for the First Time

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No Hearing People Here!

Deaf people have been more in the spotlight than you know.

There are so many famous deaf people and famous hard of hearing people who have been the founders of many organizations, been pioneers in deaf education, written books, painted famous artworks, held world records in sports, acted on several well-known television shows and movies, and even started newspapers. You can learn about over 200 of these amazing individuals below:

Famous Deaf People in Education

Alice Cogswell - Alice was the young deaf girl who inspired Thomas Hopkins Gallaudet to devote his life to educating the deaf.

Laurent Clerc - Met Gallaudet in Europe and returned with him to the United States and together, started the first school for the deaf in the US.

I. King Jordan - After the Deaf President Now (DPN) protest, he became the first deaf president of Gallaudet University.

Andrew Foster - The first deaf African-American to graduate from Gallaudet. He also was the founder of many schools for the deaf in Africa.

Dr. Gerard Buckley - President of National Technical Institute for the Deaf, NTID. First alumni to be president of NTID.

Robert F. Panara - The first faculty member at RIT's National Technical Institute for the Deaf, a beloved teacher, founding member of the national Theatre of the Deaf, and honored by the World Federation of the Deaf for his contributions to education and culture.

Rachel C. Mazique - A deaf teacher of English Writing and Miss Deaf America Ambassador.

T. Alan Hurwitz - The tenth president of Gallaudet University who also served as President of the National Technical Institute for the Deaf (NTID) and as Vice President and Dean of the Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT).

Rocky Miller - Deaf teacher at Century High School and Mayo High School.

Gerilee Gustason - Co-developer of SEE, deaf from young age (5) due to menengitis, taught at Gaulladet, has PhD in teaching, and adopted a deaf daughter.

Marie Jean Philip - Well-known researcher and advocate for American Sign Language and Deaf Culture.

Ella Mae Lentz - Well known Deaf American author, poet, teacher, and advocate. Widely known in the Deaf community for her poetry, she was awarded the Kappa Gamma Poetry Award at Gallaudet University and is part of the Deaf Bilingual Coalition.

Andrew Foster - The first black deaf person to receive a Bachelor's Degree from Gallaudet College and established 31 schools for the deaf in thirteen African countries.

Dr. Jane Fernandes - First born deaf of deaf person to be selected President of a hearing university (Guilford College). She previously served as Provost of the University of North Carolina, Asheville and also held the post of Vice Chancellor of the University of North Carolina system.

Glenn Anderson - The first deaf black man to receive his PhD in the United States.

Dr. Douglas Burke - Founder of The Southwest College for the Deaf in Big Spring Texas.

Ferdinand Berthier - A deaf educator in 19th century France and one of the earliest proponents of Deaf culture.

Famous Deaf People in Movies and Television

Linda Bove - The deaf actress who played "Linda the Librarian" on Sesame Street, as well as many other roles.

Marlee Matlin - The famous deaf actress who won an Academy Award for Best Actress for her debut role in Children of a Lesser God at the age of twenty-one.

Michelle Banks - A famous deaf African-American performer.

Deanne Bray - The star of Sue Thomas: F.B.Eye.

Amy Ecklund - Played Abigail on the soap opera, Guiding Light.

C.J. Jones - A very intelligent and talented African-American deaf actor and comedian. He has performed in many plays, TV shows, and films.

Howie Seago - Starred in the feature film, Beyond Silence.

Anthony Natale - Most famous for his role in Mr. Holland's Opus.

Shoshannah Stern - Best known for playing Holly Brodeen in Threat Matrix, Bonnie Richmond in Jericho, and Megan Graves on Weeds.

Christy Smith - Was the deaf contestant on a season of Survivor.

Terrylene - Played Laura Williams on the TV program, Beauty and the Beast.

Rush Limbaugh - A talk show host who experienced sudden deafness.

David K Shelton - Movie actor, comedian, and owner of Deaf Funny Videos website.

Lou Ferrigno - Played the "Hulk" in the original series.

Halle Berry - 2001 Best Actress Academy Award winner claims that she has 80% hearing loss in one ear due to domestic abuse.

Kelly Monaco - Actress who plays "Sam" on daytime soap General Hospital once stated that she has some hearing loss due to an accident while portraying a lifeguard on a FOX television program years ago.

Tristan Thunderbolt - Deaf Native American Actor.

Luke Adams - Contestant on The Amazing Race.

Russell Harvard - Well known Youtube star and participated in the hit show CSI.

Herb Larson - Deaf Administrator who also was an actor. Won an Emmy Award for a Television Talk Show, "Off Hand" (co-hosted by Lou Fant through KHJ TV and the Silent Network).

Leslie Nielsen - Starred in many classics... most notably Airplane.

Sean Berdy - A deaf actor, comedian and dancer. He was in Sandlot 2, Legend of the Mountain Man, The Deaf Family, and the hit TV show Switched at Birth.

Robert Hoskin - A well-known deaf filmmaker.

Troy Kotsur - Deaf American actor.

Tommy Korn - A well known Deaf fashion model and actor and the first ever Mr. Deaf California '09-'11.

Jane Lynch - Famous actress known for her starring role on the hit TV series "Glee". She is deaf in one ear.

Michael Barreca - Deaf actor who played Dummy Hoy in Signs of Time (Documentary 2008).

Rob Lowe - American actor, completely deaf in right ear.

Mark Wood - Deaf Executive Producer/Director/Writer of ASL Films ( https://www.aslfilms.com).

Robert DeMayo - Deaf actor, educator, ASL consultant, and one of the subjects of "See What I'm Saying."

Alexander Genievsky - Deaf Russian-born actor, filmmaker, writer, producer, and artist. Founder and President of the non-profit art organization Universal Sign Entertainment ( https://universalsignentertainment.wordpress.com).

Katie Leclerc - American actress who has appeared on several television series, including Veronica Mars and Fashion House. In 2011, she received a lead role on the show Switched at Birth, starring as Daphne Vasquez.

Ryan Lane - Deaf actor with a role in the Dummy Hoy documentary and on television shows such as Switched at Birth, Cold Case, and House MD.

Ann Marie "Jade" Bryan - First black Deaf female filmmaker to graduated from Tisch School of the Arts, NYU; first black Deaf filmmaker to produce an indie feature film, If You Could Hear My Own Tune and with a majority of Deaf actors of color; founder of DeafVision Filmworks and Jade Films and Entertainment.

Jonathan Kovacs - Former American deaf child actor who was a regular character on The Family Tree and a semi-regular character during season nine of Little House on the Prairie.

Rydrea Walker - Founded "Walker Pictures" and released his first movie titled "Bob Movie" in 2013 at the age of 17 ( https://www.imdb.com/name/nm5929817).

Matthew Watkins - Deaf actor who played the deaf son of a doctor on the popular television series, ER.

Justin LeBlanc - A contestant on the show Project Runway from Season 12.

Eric Sykes - An English television, film, and radio writer, director, and actor whose career spanned over 50 years.

Dr. Wonder's Workshop - A children's national television show airing since 2007. The cast includes many Deaf people including: David O. Reynolds, Jonathan A. Reynolds, Justin T. Reynolds, Janet Schwall, Tiffany Hoglind, and James Parker. ( https://www.drwonder.com)

Larry and Judy Vardon - Reality television stars from ABC's "Extreme Makeover - Home Edition" in 2004.

Gaius Lee DuPree - First Deaf baby actor, at 9 months old, to work in a film. His first movie is The Devil's Night (2014). ( https://www.imdb.me/gaiuslee)

Hillary Baack - Deaf actress who recently starred as Eve in Zal Batmanglij's film The East.

Greg Anderson - Deaf actor who played Brian Clemonds (the deaf man hit by a car) on CSI: Sounds of Silence (2001). He appeared on Sesame Street in 2005 and performed in the National Theatre of the Deaf.

Stephen Colbert - An American comedian, actor, author, and host of the Late Show. He is deaf in his right ear.

Nyle DiMarco - The first deaf contestant on America's Next Top Model.

James Cude - Profoundly deaf award winning film and television editor who received an Emmy nomination for the MTV documentary Got Your 6.

Nanette Fabray - Award winning actress and advocate for the rights of persons with disabilities.

Stephanie Nogueras - Deaf actress, model, and activist who plays Natalie on Switched at Birth and appeared as a guest star on Grimm.

Famous Deaf Musicians

Paul Stanley - Singer in the rock band KISS was born deaf in one ear.

Evelyn Glennie - A world famous deaf percussionist.

Sean Forbes - Deaf rapper, founder of D-PAN (Deaf Professional Arts Network).

Marko Vuoriheimo "Signmark" - Deaf rapper from Finland and the first deaf person to sign a record deal with an international recording company.

Johnnie Ray (John Alvin Ray) - American singer, pianist, and songwriter who was deaf in one ear due to a childhood accident. He was very popular for most of the 1950s and is known to have played a major part in what would become rock and roll.

Darius McCall - Also known as "Prinz-D", Darius is a deaf rapper from Alabama. He has two self-made albums and is on the way to completing his third.

Ludwig van Beethoven - Was completely deaf for the last part of his life and yet managed to produce some of the greatest music of all time.

James Lee Taylor III - Deaf Rapper from the South Bronx on NY Daily Newspaper and City Limits Magazine. His story has been told in the book Train Go Sorry.

Ayumi Hamasaki - Famous Japanese performer and musician who is deaf in her left ear.

Kirk Winkler "WildHandz" - Underground deaf rapper.

Vichay Phommachan - Deaf pop musician, artist, dancer, and actor. Former American Idol auditioner in 2007.

Geoffrey Gurrumul Yunupingu - Famous deaf aboriginal singer who lives in Australia.

Kevin Lucas Smire - A well known German DJ known as "Deaf Kev."

Famous Deaf Performers

Joel Barish - Well known Deaf vlogger who breaks barriers and travels the world.

Matthew Morgan - Deaf World Magician ( https://www.magicmorgan.com).

Liliana Morgan - Deaf Russian Dancer

Rosa Lee Timm - The Rosa Lee Show is an unique Deaf one-woman multimedia performance featuring the live Deaf performance, music, and video (visual artist).

"JJ" Jones - Deaf mime performer since 1978 ( https://www.jjmime.com).

Pinky Aiello - ASL storyteller.

Trix Bruce - Deaf One Woman Show Artist ( https://www.trixbruce.com).

Ricky Smith - A mime and beloved instructor.

Bob Hiltermann - Founder of Deaf West Theater (Fountain Theater) in North Hollywood, California.

Peter Cook - Deaf story teller.

Sam Sandler - Deaf illusionist ( https://www.samsandler.com).

Bernard Bragg - a Deaf performer, writer, director, poet, and artist. He was a founder of The National Theater of the Deaf and is "regarded by many as the leading professional deaf actor in the country".

Iosif Schneiderman - Deaf mime and professional actor who grew up in Russia and has performed all over the world. He directed the grand opening of DeafWay II in 2001 and co-wrote and starred in the internationally acclaimed award winning play, "Deaf Snow White" produced by Cleveland Sign Stage Theatre.

Kathy Buckley - Famous deaf comedian and motivational speaker.

Daniel Durant - Deaf actor known for his role in Deaf West Theater's Cyrano.

Dr. Simon J. Carmel - Famous Deaf magician.

Douglas Ridloff - CEO and Artistic Director of ASL SLAM, ASL artist, actor, curator, educator and filmmaker from Brooklyn, New York ( https://www.aslslam.com).

Maya Ariel - Deaf actress who played Sarah in the first Deaf/hearing production of Guys and Dolls, Jo March in an all Deaf production of Little Women, and was featured in the TV show What Would You Do?

Troy Chapman - First Deaf black actor to win the NYC Best Actor award from the Off Off Broadway Showcase Committee in 2007 for his role as Brutus Jones in Emperoro Jones at the IRT Theater in NYC. He has also starred in Othello, Raisin in the Sun, Damn Yankees, Guys and Dolls, and is a founding member of the ASL Poetry performance group called "Dangerous Signs".

Charles and Charlotte Lamberton - Famous deaf dancing siblings in the 1930s and 1940s, internationally, in Hollywood and on Broadway.

Angela Petrone Stratiy - Internationally known performer and comedian who has a one-woman comedy show. ( http://www.deafutopia.com)

Famous Deaf People in the Media

Laura Redden Searing - First deaf female journalist.

Julius Wiggins - Creator of Silent News, the newspaper of the Deaf Community.

Ken Davis - Founder/owner of Deafnewspaper ( www.deafnewspaper.com)

Thomas J. Cooney, Sr. - Sports Writer for The Silent News publication, Recipient of Thomas Jefferson Award, Points of Light honoree, Grand Marshall for the Helen Keller Parade, A Kentucky Colonel, and, presently, a Motivational Speaker and Advocate for Deaf Awareness, introducing over 1.5 million individuals to Deaf Culture and Signed Languages.

Barry Strassler - Editor of DeafDigest.net and well known sports writer for the deaf community.

Suzanne Robitaille - Deaf American journalist who has worked at BusinessWeek and The Wall Street Journal. She is the author of The Illustrated Guide to Assistive Technology, founder of abledbody.com, and board member of the National Center on Disability and Journalism.

Mary Luczki - Does the news on https://www.oicmovies.com.

Tom Willard - Current editor of Deafweekly (2004-present) and former editor of NTID's The Observing Eye (1980-81), Deaf Artists of America News (1986-95), unchARTed magazine (1990-92), Silent News (1991-96), Deaf Rochester (1994-96), and Newswaves (1996-2002).

Famous Deaf People In Organizations

Juliette Gordon Low - The founder of the Girl Scouts.

Rocky Stone - Founder of Self Help for Hard of Hearing people (SHHH).

Terry Sproul - Founder of Deaf Kids Kamp.

Sheri Farnihas - Deaf rights and NAD activist.

Opeoluwa Sotonwa - An African-American deaf attorney and literary writer. He currently serves as the Vice President of National Black Deaf Advocates Inc., the nation's civil rights organization of deaf people of color, where he has become a pivotal source of resourcefulness to the NBDA.

Dr. Phillip Zazove - Deaf doctor in Ann Arbor, Michigan and a head of the University of Michigan Medical School's Department of Family Medicine.

Famous Deaf Athletes

Dummy Hoy - The first deaf major-league baseball player.

LeRoy Colombo - Famous deaf lifeguard entered into the Guinness Book of World Records for saving 907 lives.

Gertrude Ederle - The first woman to swim across the English Channel.

David Michalowski - Famous deaf figure skater and the first to compete nationally and internationally.

Shelley Beattie - Professional bodybuilder who once held the record for bench pressing (315 pounds!)

Terence Parkin - A deaf Olympic swimmer who took home a silver medal in the 2000 Olympics and two gold medals in the 2005 Deaflympics.

James "Deaf" Burke - A famous deaf boxer. He was the first boxer who was involved in a fight that resulted in a death.

Curtis Pride - A current deaf professional baseball player.

Kenny Walker - Was a deaf professional football player.

Matt Hamill - Contestant on The Ultimate Fighter, now UFC fighter. Also 3 time NCAA Division III National Wrestling Champion.

Kevin M. Hall - A professional golfer who graduated from Ohio State University and plays in the NGA Tour.

Donna Sue Barker - A Deaf woman who went to Texas School for the Deaf (TSD) and won many medals in track. She represented the U.S.A. in the Deaflympics and traveled to Europe.

Marcus Titus - US National Swim Team.

Jeffrey "Jeff" Float - A former American swimmer who became the only legally deaf athlete from the USA to win an Olympic gold medal.

Tamika Catchings - A professional basketball player in the WNBA. She played for the University of Tennessee.

Louis Long (aka The Silent Warrior) - First Deaf American professional wrestler in Japan and the Philippines and founder of the Deaf Wrestling Alliance.

Alan Kilby - The first deaf British professional wrestler who won champion. He is a retired wrestler now.

Sean Midnight - Deaf British professional wrestler.

Yakami Aoi - Deaf Japanese pro female wrestler.

Lance Allred - American basketball player, first deaf person to play in the NBA.

Tracey Kilby - A deaf UK pro wrestling valent with Sean Midnight.

Alan Kilby - World of Sport professional wrestler in the United Kingdom.

Carlos Rexach (aka The Silencer) - Deaf pro wrestler.

Jonathan Ramser - First deaf pro-wrestler in OVW (Ohio Valley Wrestling) debuted on March 2nd 2013.

Matthew Eby - First deaf pro-soccer player in the U.S. Played for Real Maryland FC Professional Soccer in the United Soccer League(USL).

Jim Kyte - The first (and to date, the only) deaf National Hockey League (NHL) player.

Munir Muwwakkil - #99 played for Western Kentucky University and was the first deaf pro arena football player.

Bonnie Sloan - First deaf football player in the National Football League (NFL).

Derrick Coleman - First deaf offensive player in the NFL and plays for the Seattle Seahawks.

Ryan Ketchner - Deaf left-handed pitcher who was drafted by the Seattle Mariners.

Paul Wood - First professional deaf cyclist. Competed in Deaf Olympics seven times and won a total of 11 medals - 5 gold, 4 silver, and 2 bronze.

Adham Talaat - Star football defensive end for Gallaudet University.

Silent Brian Mackney - Canadian professional wrestler and the first deaf Canadian wrestler in the World Wrestling Federation (WWF).

Steve Downie - Professional NHL hockey player for the Pittsburgh Penguins who is deaf in one ear due to otosclerosis as a child.

Dummy Taylor - Luther Haden "Dummy" Taylor was an American deaf MLB pitcher for the New York Giants and Cleveland Bronchos from 1900-1908.

Famous Deaf Artists

Chuck Baird - A well-known deaf artist.

Betty G. Miller - A deaf artist whose work truly edifies the struggles and issues in the deaf community.

Louis Frisino - A well-known deaf painter who painted pictures of realistic-looking animals.

Douglas Tilden - A well-known deaf sculptor.

Granville Redmond - A landscape artist whose artwork is worth 6-figures.

Gerald Becker Steffen - Deaf artist at Pike Place Market in Seattle.

Samuel Hudson - An African-American Deaf artist.

Douglas Tilden - World famous deaf sculptor.

Nancy Rourke - Deaf Artist, Expressionist Paintings ( https://www.nancyrourke.com).

Nellie Knopf - Deaf painter (1875-1962)

Ann Silver - Well known deaf graphic designer, advocate for deaf culture art, and one of the founders De'VIA (Deaf View Image Art).

Braam Jordaan - Well known deaf animator.

Joseph Henry Sharp - Famous deaf artist and one of the founding members of the Taos Society of Artists, a group that produced some of the most significant artwork in American history.

Tommy Motswai - Well known deaf artist living in South Africa who was chosen as the Standard Bank Artist of the year during the Grahamstown Arts Festival and has had national as well as international exhibitions.

Carlisle Robinson - An up and coming comic author and artist.

Regina Olson Hughes - Well known deaf scientific botanical artist.

Matt and Kay Daigle - Creators of the famous "That Deaf Guy" comic strip.

Oreste Carpi - an Italian deaf painter, engraver and ceramist.

Famous Deaf Writers

Stevie Platt - The deaf author of the books Go to the Hill and The Last Servant.

Connie Briscoe - A modern deaf author who became deaf in her 20s.

Jamie Berke - The former About.com Deafness Guide

Dianrez - Well-Known Deaf Blogger

Sondra McCoy - Author of Hard Road, Easy Riding: Deaf Biker Lady.

Tomora Michelle Pace - Deaf author and teacher.

Henry Kisor - Author of What's that Pig Outdoors? and other novels based on the Upper Peninsula of Michigan locales.

John Lee Clark - Author of Suddenly Slow: Poems and editor of Deaf American Poetry: An Anthology.

Q. Kelly - Deaf lesbian romance and fiction award-winning writer.

Kathleen Brockway - Deaf author of Baltimore's Deaf Heritage and Detroit's Deaf Heritage books, who resides in Maryland and gives presentations on preserving Deaf Culture & History. She also chairs the NAD Deaf Culture & History Section from 2014 to present.

Teresa de Cartagena - A deaf nun in the 15th century who was Spain's first feminist writer. Her ideas about gender, God, and disability were completely revolutionary for her time.

Famous Deaf-Blind People

Julia Brace - A deaf-blind girl who was born before both Laura Bridgman and Helen Keller. She was successfully educated, but lost the credit as the first to Helen Keller.

Helen Keller - The most well-known deaf-blind girl who successfully learned language.

Laura Bridgman - The deaf-blind girl who was successfully educated before Helen Keller.

Marie Heurtin - Known as the "French Helen Keller."

Other Famous Deaf People

Heather Whitestone - The first deaf woman to be crowned Miss America.

Nellie Zabel Willhite - The first deaf female pilot to get her license.

Rodger Young - Deaf man who faked his Army hearing test in WW2. Won a Posthumous Medal of Honor in the Soloman Islands.

Frank Hochman - First deaf American physician who graduated from medical school in 1976.

Howard Hughes - An aviator, film producer, engineer, film director, industrialist, and philanthropist.

Robert Weitbrecht - Invented the TTY along with James Marsters who was also deaf.

Ashley Fiolek - Deaf motocross racer that is sponsored by Redbull.

Cal Rodgers - The very first deaf pilot in the USA in 1911.

Kitty O'Neil - A former stuntwoman and racer.

Sue Thomas - Undercover specialist for FBI, the inspiration for the TV series Sue Thomas: FBEye, international speaker, author, founder of Kennels of Levi: EPEC Service Dogs for physically challenged, founder of WaterBrooks a Christian spiritual renewal center, and founder of Sue Thomas Ministries outreach to homeless.

Thomas Alva Edison - An American scientist, inventor, and businessman.

George William Veditz - Was a former president of the National Association of the Deaf of the United States and was one of the first to film American Sign Language.

Allison Lam - Deaf firefighter.

Gregory Hlibok - First person with a disability to be appointed by the FCC to the head of its Disability Rights Office.

Rhulin Thomas - First deaf aviator to fly coast to coast.

John Gotti - Boss of the most powerful organized crime family in the USA. He was deaf in one ear.

Erastus Deaf Smith - A revered Texas scout, guide, and spy and is famous for the important role he played in the Texas Revolution.

Kunle Adegboye - CEO at Morayo Communications, Morayocare & Morayowireless and a role model to many young Nigerians with his line: "Disability is in the mind".

Claudia Gordon - First deaf female African American lawyer. She was also the first deaf student to graduate from the American University Washington DC College of Law.

Tanya Wyatt-Dennis - First black deaf hospice medical social worker, the first to graduate from Wayne State University Social Worker Program in 1997 with a Master of Social Work degree, and the first black deaf school social worder to work for Detroit Public School.

Ginger Jee - Well-respected deaf Disability Rights Advocate in New York tri-state area. Artist and former actress on the television show "Criminal Intents". An expert in all disability rights laws and fights for all deaf access across America.

Roberto E. Wirth - A deaf world famous hotelier. Voted into the Hall of Fame of hoteliers as the Best Hotelier of the World in 2005.

Dr. Carolyn Stern - Deaf doctor in Rochester.

Rie Saito - A famous Japanese hostess who used hitsuden (written communication) to interact with her clients. She wrote the book "The Hostess With a Pen."

Bill Clinton - Former president of the United States has a hearing loss due to age and the time he spent playing the saxophone in his youth.

Becky Brown-Center - First Deaf female pilot in Dayton, Ohio and in the state of Ohio to get a pilot's license in 1986. Possibly the third deaf female pilot in America and former DPA member.

Jenelle Joanne Ramsami - Deaf FHM model from South Africa.

Keith Nolan - A Deaf man well known for fighting to join the US Military.

Rabbi Chaim Tzvi Kakon - A well-known and respected deaf Rabbi of the first deaf Jewish high school of its kind in the world, Yeshivas Nefesh Dovid (YND), founded in 2001.

Dr. Hart Bressler, MD - Canada's first deaf medical physician who is an assistant professor at the University of Toronto, Faculty of Medicine as well as a full-time family physician and maintains a clinic that specializes in chronic pain management. He studied at Yeshiva University of Los Angeles and was instrumental in working with Rabbi Kakon to establish the Yeshiva in Toronto.

Ricky Taylor - Well known Deaf controversial vlogger on YouTube ( https://www.youtube.com/user/ridor9th).

Scott & Annette Kerr - Famous deaf couple on YouTube who received the 100,000 subscribers silver button award by YouTube on September 11, 2014. ( https://www.youtube.com/user/PrankandSpank).

Jenelle Joanne Ramsami - Finalist in the Miss Deaf South Africa pageant 2009/2010, awarded the "Fresh Look" title at Miss India South Africa KZN 2010 contest, recently made the Top 5 and 'Miss Photogenic' for the Xtreme Models Search competition in February 2011 and FHM top 20 model, and the only partially deaf woman to compete.

Casar Jacobson - A disability and gender equality rights activist and a UN Women Youth Champion. Casar is Former Miss Canada, Miss Global Peace and Deaf International Entrepreneur. She was the winner of Miss Canada 2013.

Sir John Worchup Cornforth - Deaf British chemist who was the corecipient of the 1975 Nobel Prize for Chemistry for his research on the stereochemistry of enzyme-catalyzed reactions.

Timothy Owens - One of the founders of the Deaf Youth Sports Festival ( www.mdoyouth.org and former president of ASLTA before he passed away November 2015. Owens was a professor at University of Louisville for many years and received the George Veditz award from ASLTA as well as awards from WGD, Gallaudet, MDO, RID, and more.

Louis J. Schwarz - Known as the "Father" of Finance in the U.S. Deaf community. He is a Gallaudet alumni, Class of 1968, who is well-known as the first Deaf CFP (certified financial planner) and for establishing the first financial services company serving the U.S. Deaf community in 1983, Schwarz Financial Services LLC, in Maryland.

Casar Jacobson - A Deaf Canadian/Norwegian Actress, Activist, United Nations Champion, Scientist M.Sc HCA (Neuroscience medical school student), Miss Canada, bilaterally profound Deaf with unilateral cochlear implantation.

Estelle Caldwell and Rev. Robert Capers Fletcher - Deaf parents of actress Louise Fletcher who won an Academy Award for her role as Nurse Ratched in One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest.

Dr. Candace McCullough - First Deaf psychologist to set up a counseling business. She makes counseling services accessible to Deaf people all over the states.

Did We Miss Someone? Acknowledge Them!

This page is meant to acknowledge all the wonderful achievements of famous deaf people. There are so many deaf people who deserve to be on this list!

Do you know of a famous deaf person who is not on this list? Do you want to add a longer biography for a person already listed? Has a deaf person has a personal impact on your life? Share your appreciation in the comments below!

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Deaf people have been more in the spotlight than you know. There are so many famous deaf people and famous hard of hearing people who have been the founders of many organizations, been pioneers in deaf education, written books, painted famous artworks, held world records in sports, acted on several well-known television shows and movies, and even started newspapers.

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National Deaf History Month, which began on March 13th and runs through April 15 th, is a celebration of contributions of the hard-of-hearing and the Deaf community to American society. It's a great time to recognize deaf champions, and increase awareness of the deaf community's rich history.

Here's a bit about the commemoration's history, the story of how it came to be formalized and recognized in modern times, and a few fun ways it's being celebrated:
Three Important Dates
Deaf History Month straddles two months to highlight three of the key milestones in deaf history:

March 13, 1988: The Deaf President Now movement succeeds in having I. King Jordan named the first deaf president of Gallaudet University. Dr. Jordan became known as a symbol of self-determination and empowerment for deaf and hard of hearing people around the world.

April 8, 1864: President Abraham Lincoln signs the charter of Gallaudet University in Washington, the first school for the advanced education of the Deaf and hard-of-hearing in the world.

April 15, 1817: The first permanent public school for the deaf, the American School for the Deaf in Hartford, Connecticut, opens.
Modern Recognition
Deaf History Month was originally envisioned as just one week. Two employees at the Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial Library in Washington began teaching their colleagues sign language, and these initial lessons grew into Deaf Awareness Week, celebrated and recognized by library administration.

In 1996, the National Association of the Deaf (NAD) suggested the week become a full-fledged month, and in 1997, the first annual, nationwide National Deaf History Month was celebrated, March 13 - April 15.

In 2006, the American Library Association (ALA) and NAD announced that March 13 to April 15 is National Deaf History Month, thanks to the efforts of Alice Hagemeyer, a deaf American librarian who's worked to make libraries more accessible to deaf people. NAD, with her guidance, has consistently encouraged state and local deaf-related organizations to collaborate with local libraries, state governors, county executives and mayors to recognize the month. Today, NAD publishes a Deaf Culture and History section on the ALA site. NAD continues to work with Hagemeyer and the ALA to ensure that there is a Proclamation of National Deaf History Month through the White House and/or the U.S. Congress.
Miscellaneous Tidbits
Here are some helpful and interesting resources to visit and take advantage of this month:

Alice Hagemeyer bio on Wikipedia. Hagemeyer has spent her career improving library services to the Deaf community, both by encouraging deaf people to make better use of public-library resources, and enhancing awareness of Deaf history, language, and culture in the library community. A mentor and exemplar, she has inspired several other deaf people to choose library careers.

This episode of the Emmy-winning TV series, Deaf Mosaic, filmed in 1988, is devoted entirely to the Deaf President Now movement.

Famous Deaf People: Educators, movies & television stars, performers, sports stars, media personalities, and even famous deaf people in organizations (did you know that Juliette Low, the founder of the Girl Scouts, was deaf?)

The Arizona Commission for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing offers a weekly guide during Deaf History Month. Did you know that Martha's Vineyard was once a Deaf Utopia? See this link to Deaf Awareness: Week Two.

Ohio State Senator Bill Beagle is proposing a state bill this year that will help Ohioans better recognize and honor deaf people on a state level. His tribute to the Deaf provides a good closing note for this blog:
The history of deaf culture offers lessons beneficial to all. In deaf culture, one who is engaging in conversation is rarely interrupted by another until they give a visual indicator that they are finished with their remarks. This is the essence of productive conversation and a missing element to the incendiary dialogue of today. What's more, the adaptivity and technological advances being made in deaf culture are especially noteworthy - this language and culture adapts to our changing world with just the same efficiency as any other, regardless of the obstacles that it faces in absence of spoken word. Deaf individuals rely on vision as the most important sensory faculty used in communication. Facial expressions are a crucial facet of all sign languages, American or otherwise. This attests to perhaps the most noble strength about the community - human connection is most authentically seen, not heard.
This month is a great time to learn, honor, appreciate and reflect.

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The Fascinating Origins of Deaf History Month |

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National Deaf History Month, which began on March 13th and runs through April 15th, is a celebration of contributions of the hard-of-hearing and the Deaf community to American society. It's a great time to recognize deaf champions, and increase awareness of the deaf community's rich history.

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In March 1988, the Deaf community was hit by a shockwave: The board of trustees at Washington's Gallaudet University, the world's only liberal arts college for Deaf people, announced the selection of a hearing president over two qualified Deaf candidates. In its then-124 years, Gallaudet had never had a Deaf president ― that is, it had never been helmed by someone who came from the very community it served.

Students rebelled, staging a lockout and shutting down the entire campus. Their protest for a "Deaf President Now" (DPN) rallied the Deaf community and its allies and the university reversed its decision. Gallaudet also conceded to a key demand: From then on, the university board was to have at least a 51percent Deaf majority. Three decades later, DPN is still considered one of the most pivotal moments for America's Deaf community, which is 30 million strong, and for Deaf people all over the world.

Since that week the world heard the Deaf community , Gallaudet has named a succession of Deaf presidents, an unlikely outcome if we hadn't stacked the deck in our own favor. The forced implementation of a Deaf board majority was arguably the critical ingredient to ensure continuation of a Deaf presidency.

In retrospect, the rationale for supporting DPN is obvious: representation and owning our own spaces matter. In the face of rampant discrimination, they matter profoundly.

What about a Deaf pilot? A Deaf chief executive at a Fortune 500 company? Would you unfailingly trust a Deaf doctor to deliver your baby?

A Deaf president at a Deaf school is a completely reasonable idea, and one that enjoys support today. But what if you propose that a Deaf person manage a team at a fast-food restaurant? There likely would be a pause; after giving it some thought, one eventually might conclude that, with a few minor adjustments, it could work out.

What about a Deaf pilot? A Deaf chief executive at a Fortune 500 company? Would you unfailingly trust a Deaf doctor to deliver your baby?

While it seems obvious that Deaf people should be allowed to lead in certain situations, it isn't so clear for others. You might argue for Deaf people excelling in supporting roles instead of taking the lead. Why is it more likely to expect a Deaf person to be a busboy than the maître d'? Why is it easier to imagine a Deaf orderly in the delivery room as opposed to a Deaf doctor? Outside the Deaf community, the belief persists that Deaf people are less capable than hearing people, that they aren't able to take the lead, that they won't succeed in any work environment.

These biases surface when Deaf job-seekers want to break into careers they desire and job counselors try to steer them into work that is "better suited" to their skills, or when Deaf people are told with a polite smile by prospective employers that they will be contacted if an opportunity arises and then are never granted an interview. It is so pervasive that many of us in the Deaf community have internalized these beliefs, and don't even bother trying to seek work that challenges us and offers opportunities for self-sufficiency and growth. Deaf and disabled people have dismally low participation rates in the labor force, hovering around 20%, according to the Bureau of Labor and Statistics .

DPN wasn't a destination, but rather a seminal entry point for us. The protest helped catalyze a long-standing disability rights movement, which won a major victory with the passage of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) two years later in 1990. The unintended consequence of this law, which is currently under attack through legislative reform efforts in bill H.R. 620, is that with newfound freedoms and greater access to society, Deaf people have also had to prove our worth and maintain a foothold, to show we deserved to be in all of the new rooms and in seats at decision-making tables.

Some will argue that this means Deaf people are competing in the same meritocracy as hearing people, but it's tough to argue for a meritocracy when negative attitudes and biases stack the deck against you, making it difficult to gain employment and develop skills and knowledge.

We have made incredible progress over the past 30 years, quietly and steadily doing groundwork to create change from the bottom up. Imagine what we could do if we had more visible changemakers, more Deaf presidents producing change from the top down.

Deaf people need to be allowed to move into the unexpected places, places that don't yet have a culture that accepts and values leaders who do not fit preconceived ideas of what a leader looks like.

Just take a look at two individuals who have vaulted to prominence and are enacting great changes: Jenny Lay-Flurrie , chief accessibility officer at Microsoft, and Michael Ellis , global vice president of accessibility at Sprint. They lead disability-centered inclusion initiatives at their companies and have created a culture where Deaf and disabled people are valued. Others demand this attention and respect, like the ADAPT and #CripTheVote activists, who have put their bodies on the line to protest cruel cuts to health care coverage, which would hit people with disabilities especially hard.

Now, Deaf people need to be allowed to move into the unexpected places, places that don't yet have a culture that accepts and values leaders who do not fit preconceived ideas of what a leader looks like. For that to be possible, everyone ― Deaf and hearing people alike ― must do the uncomfortable but necessary work of uncovering hidden biases about disability and the capabilities of Deaf and disabled people. We need to admit that we all are complicit in too often creating a culture that determines the value of people based on limited ideas about capability and leadership.

This is why we need Deaf and disabled people in the highest and most visible places in society. Stories about Deaf people's successes beget more success stories - not stories about "overcoming," but about excelling in roles of prominence, responsibility and import far beyond the walls of a Deaf school. Presidents, doctors and CEOs need to be there not being Deaf, but they are Deaf. Already we have some fine examples, like Amanda Folendorf of Angels Camp, California, the first Deaf woman mayor in the United States, and Shoshannah Stern and Joshua Feldman, the Deaf showrunners behind the TV series "This Close" on Sundance Now.

Three decades after DPN, we need more Deaf presidents, more Deaf people running businesses, managing teams and recognized as the leaders ― the "faces" ― of products and services. We need more representation, more awareness and more authenticity. And we need Deaf people to take the lead. We know our worth; let us prove that inclusion and diversity pays dividends for everyone.
Chris Soukup is Chief Executive Officer of the Communication Service for the Deaf (CSD), one of the largest organizations in the world dedicated to inspiring and cultivating greater opportunity for Deaf people. He is a graduate of Gallaudet University, where he served as student body president.

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Opinion | America Needs To Hear From More Deaf Leaders

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In March 1988, the Deaf community was hit by a shockwave: The board of trustees at Washington's Gallaudet University, the world's only liberal arts college for Deaf people, announced the selection of a hearing president over two qualified Deaf candidates.

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Deaf History Month: 135 Years of NAD's History

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National Deaf History Month: Celebrating an American Community

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National Deaf History Month, which runs from March 13 to April 15, celebrates deaf history and promotes awareness of American deaf culture. The celebration spans two calendar months to include several key dates: March 13, 1988, Deaf President Now!

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Our monthly Fab Five round-up seeks to highlight women that have, and continue to make, history. Presenting women's stories that have been traditionally overlooked, NWHM museum educators feature five historical pioneers and contemporary newsmakers each month that inspire us to help make the world a better place.

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History textbooks used in American schools tend to be focused on hearing male history, which is why International Women's Day and Deaf History Month were established, so we don't forget the incredible individuals who made history as well! This list is focused on Deaf women who made history-see if you know about half of them.
1. Juliette Gordon Low
Gordon-Low was the founder of Girl Scouts of America in 1912 with the goal of creating an all-inclusive environment for young women to learn about survival, teamwork, and goal setting. The Girl Scouts were one of the first groups to break the racial and disability barriers of its time.
2. Teresa de Cartagena
De Cartagena was a Spanish nun in 1453 who became deaf at 30 years old and as a result, she wrote a deeply intellectual essay about the solitude that came with the deafness. She wrote how it made her meditate better and more aware of the world around her. After being criticized for being a woman, she wrote a second essay on women's intelligence and proved her critics wrong. To this day, she is remembered as Spain's first feminist writer.
3. Charlotte Elizabeth Tonna
Tonna was a popular British novelist and poet who published her works as Charlotte Elizabeth in the 1840s, at the height of the Industrial Revolution. She became deaf at the age of 10 and wrote passionately about women's rights and social issues. To this day, she is still considered as one of England's most influential writers of her time.

Benedict was the first female leader of anthropology in the United States in the 1930s and held the position of the President of the American Anthropological Association. She changed the course of anthropological studies by urging anthropologists to look at both folklores and cultures as one field instead of separate entities. Benedict is also the author of the world-famous book, Patterns of Culture in which she writes that cultures are just a consistent pattern of thoughts and actions, hence the study of folklore within the cultural studies.
4. Ruth Benedict
Cannon was deaf for most of her life and many believe her isolation led to her passion for astronomy. She attended Wellesley College in 1922 where she studied mathematics, biology, physics, and astronomy. At the time of her graduation, photography was just invented and she studied it as well, applying it to astronomy by taking photos of the stars. There was no classification system of the stars in the science community, so Cannon developed one: the Harvard Classification Scheme. Astronomers today still use her classification system!
5. Annie Jump Cannon
These three ladies are deaf-blind and lived in succession of each other. The three women's histories can be read as a chain of events: Julia Brace's tactile signing, Laura Bridgman's education and friendship with Anne Sullivan, then Helen Keller's ambassadorship and fame. What is the common reputation all three hold? They were the first deaf-blind ever to receive education! Julia Brace is credited with the beginnings of tactile sign language. Laura Bridgman was the one who taught Anne Sullivan the tactile sign language and teaching methods that Sullivan later used with Helen Keller. Keller's mother had read about Laura Bridgman and reached out to the Perkins School where Anne Sullivan was. Sullivan showed up at the Kellers' house with a doll that Bridgman sewed the dress on and knowledge of tactile sign language, ready to teach young Helen Keller.

Keller grew up to be an educated woman and a political activist for human rights, visiting several countries to lecture on the importance of education for and inclusion of the disabled. She is the author of several books, one of them is her most popular The Story of My Life.
6. Julia Brace, 7. Laura Bridgman, and 8. Helen Keller
Nicknamed the "Queen of Waves," she certainly was when she became the first woman to complete the swim across the English Channel! She set the world record in 1911 with the time of 14 hours and 34 minutes for 22 miles in rough waters. The tides of the English Channel are strong and change directions every 6 hours, making this one of the world's most difficult long-distance swims. Ederle was inducted in the International Swimming Hall of Fame in 1965.

Hughes was an American Scientific Illustrator of botanical art. Before working for the government as the official illustrator, she served in World War I as a translator; she was fluent in four languages: French, Italian, Portugese, and Spanish. 1936 is when Hughes continued her work for the government, only this time as the scientific illustrator for the Department of Agriculture. To be a scientific illustrator, Hughes had to have intricate knowledge of the different parts of each plant and be able to artistically replicate them in detail along with written descriptions. In total, more than 6,000 of her drawings are in the USDA handbooks for the Department of Agriculture.
9. Gertrude Ederle
She was the first deaf artist to have a solo exhibition at the Smithsonian Museum in Washington, D.C. in 1982. Her 40 orchids painted in watercolors were on display for the exhibit, which can still be viewed today at the museum. In further honor of her accomplishments, a new specie of the Bromeliad discovered in 1979 was named after her: Billbergia regina and a specie of daisy: Hughesia.

More information about International Women's Day can be found here: https://www.internationalwomensday.com
10. Regina Olson Hughes

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Top 10 Deaf Women in History You Need to Know About For International Women's Day

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History textbooks used in American schools tend to be focused on hearing male history, which is why International Women's Day and Deaf History Month were established, so we don't forget the incredible individuals who made history as well! This list is focused on Deaf women who made history-see if you know about half of them.

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It's Women's Herstory Month!

That's right - in March, people across the globe will be observing a period of reflection and celebration lasting all month long for deaf women's history. This is because although women make up half of the world's population, in many parts of the world, women continue to struggle with unequal systems and disadvantages because of their gender.

Established in 1982 as "Women's History Week," congress eventually graduated the national celebrations to a month-long affair in 1987 due to petitioning by the National Women's History Project. From then on, Presidents Clinton to Obama has annually reaffirmed March 1- 31 as National Women's History Month.

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That's right - in March, people across the globe will be observing a period of reflection and celebration lasting all month long for deaf women's history. This is because although women make up half of the world's population, in many parts of the world, women continue to struggle with unequal systems and disadvantages because of their gender.

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In honor of Women's History Month, each day Social Justice Books is featuring a children's book we recommend to highlight grassroots women's history in the United States.
Find many more titles for children on the booklist, women's history and women's lives. By Carole Boston Weatherford, Ekua Holmes (Illustrator)
We begin the month with Voice of Freedom: Fannie Lou Hamer, Spirit of the Civil Rights Movement about the life of Fannie Lou Hamer. Beautifully written and illustrated, it is one of the too few books about a major figure in the Civil Rights Movement that is not about King, Parks, or Lewis.
By Phillip M. Hoose
Today is the anniversary of the day (March 2, 1955) Montgomery, Alabama fifteen-year-old Claudette Colvin refused to give up her bus seat to a white woman. This was nine months before Rosa Parks took the same action. Colvin was motivated by what she had been learning in school about African-American history (note this event follows Black History Month) and the U.S. Constitution. Parks knew Colvin from the NAACP Youth Council and was inspired in part to take her action by Colvin. Read more about Colvin in this upper elementary/middle school book and find more resources from Teaching for Change for teaching outside the textbook about the Montgomery Bus Boycott.
By Duncan Tonatiuh
This book tells the story of Sylvia Mendez, who was the central figure in the Mendez v. Westminster school desegregation case in California that preceded Brown v. Board of Education. Author and illustrator Duncan Tonatiuh (we LOVE all his books) tells the story of how Mexican-born Gonzalo Mendez and Puerto Rican Felicitas Mendez challenged the separate and unequal school system in California. The award-winning book highlights the story of parent organizing. Winner of the Pura Belpre Award and the Américas Book Award.
By Katheryn Russell-Brown, Illustrated by Eric Velasquez
This book tells the story of Shirley Chisholm, the first African American woman elected to the New York state assembly, the first Black woman in Congress, and the first woman and first African American to seek the nomination for president of the United States from one of the two major political parties. Chisholm was an outspoken voice for laws that that helped women, children, students, poor people, farm workers, Native people, and others who were often ignored.

Another book for children about a trailblazing politician is What Do You Do with a Voice Like That?: The Story of Extraordinary Congresswoman Barbara Jordan by Chris Barton, illustrated by Ekua Holmes. Jordan was the first African American congresswoman to come from the deep South and in 1966, became the first woman ever elected to the Texas Senate.
By Annie Boochever with Roy Peratrovich Jr.
As reviewer Debbie Reese notes on her invaluable blog, American Indians in Children's Literature, "When most people think of civil rights, their thoughts turn to the 1960s. They may remember photographs of Martin Luther King and others who spoke, marched, or participated in sit-ins. Some people, however, have a different memory of people fighting for civil rights. Their memories are of the 1940's when Native Alaskans fought for their rights."

This book by Annie Boochever with Roy Peratrovich Jr. is a too rare title about the fight for civil rights by Native Alaskans. Elizabeth Jean Peratrovich was born in 1911 and a year later, a group of Native people from Southeast Alaska gathered in Sitka and formed the Alaska Native Brotherhood (ANB) and two years later, the Alaska Native Sisterhood (ANS). Elizabeth's father was a founder of the ANB, which is now recognized as the oldest Indigenous civil rights organization in the world. These events are at the forefront of Alaskan civil rights detailed in this book.
By Gretchen Woelfle, Alix Delinois (Illustrator)
Today marks the anniversary of the horrific SCOTUS ruling in Dred Scott v. Sandford in 1857 that "Any person descended from Africans, whether slave or free, is not a citizen of the United States, according to the Constitution." (Harriet Scott filed her own case for freedom that was eventually combined with her husband's.) We do not know of a good children's book about Harriet and Dred Scott, so today we highlight Mumbet's Declaration of Independence. Readers are introduced to Mumbet, a Black woman enslaved in Massachusetts at the time of the Declaration of Independence in 1776. Knowing that the promise of freedom and equality should belong to her as well, Mumbet successfully brought a lawsuit against her owners to be free and chose the name Elizabeth Freeman. We highly recommend Mumbet's Declaration of Independence and we suggest reading it to students of all ages before introducing the Dred Scott decision. It shows that people were appealing to the courts for justice throughout the history of slavery and later Jim Crow - and in some all too rare cases (such as Mumbet's) the courts ruled as they should have - and in others (Dred Scott, Plessy, and many more) the rulings defied the laws of humanity and in fact international human rights laws.
By Lynda Blackmon Lowery, Elspeth Leacock, Susan Buckley
On this anniversary of Bloody Sunday in Selma (March 7, 1965), we share this book about Lynda Blackmon Lowery, who was jailed nine times before her fifteenth birthday in her fight for voting rights. Her story shines a light on young people, local people, and women, too often left out of the master narrative about the Civil Rights Movement. We also recommend Selma, Lord, Se lma: Girlhood Memories of the Civil Rights Days narrated by Sheyann Webb and Rachel West who were 8 and 9 years old at the time. For these books and more on the history of the Selma to Montgomery Marches visit our recommended booklist for teaching about Selma.

We would also like to note that while there are numerous children's books on two key men in the Selma to Montgomery Marches-Dr. King and John Lewis-there are no children's books on many of the female leaders and strategists. Hopefully, Carole Boston Weatherford will be invited to write a series of books following her new title on Fannie Lou Hamer. We'd recommend titles on Ella Baker, Diane Nash, Ruby Doris Smith-Robinson, and many, many more. Check out the book Hands on the Freedom Plow about women in SNCC for more names.‬
By Kate Schatz, Miriam Klein Stahl (Illustrator)
On this International Women's Day, we feature Rad American Women A-Z. Written for middle grade, it includes illustrations and short bios of women from each letter of the alphabet from Angela Davis to Zora Neale Hurston. Featured women include blacklisted musical prodigy Hazel Scott, Mexican-American journalist Jovita Idar and transgender performance artist Kate Bornstein. We need children's picture books about each of the women featured in this book as well.
By Winifred Conkling
Today marks the anniversary of the 1841 Supreme Court ruling in the Amistad case. Less known is the Pearl incident when in 1848, 77 people in Washington, D.C., made a brave and carefully planned escape from slavery. Tragically, they were apprehended. However, the Pearl became a key event in the fight for the abolition of slavery. We highly recommend this book for middle school to adult. There is also a middle school book on the Amistad, Africa Is My Home: A Child of the Amistad.
By Amy Nathan, Sarah K. Evans (With)
The book of the day is about Pfc. Sarah Louise Keys. On Aug. 1, 1952, Keys traveled from Fort Dix, New Jersey, to her family's home in Washington, North Carolina. During a stop to change drivers, she was told to relinquish her seat to a white Marine and move to the back of the bus. Keys refused to move, was arrested, and eventually, her case was brought before the Interstate Commerce Commission.

Never heard of her? Keys and biographer Amy Nathan tried to share her story, but the publishers said they weren't interested because they already had a book on Rosa Parks, or that Sarah Louise Keys Evans wasn't famous so nobody would be interested. So, Nathan published it herself. This means it gets none of the promotion nor distribution of a commercially published book.

We ask everyone to help spread the word about Take a Seat. And write a letter in the ‪#‎StepUpScholastic‬ campaign. Let them know that our children want to read stories about people who aren't famous, but should be.
By Mary Cronk Farrell
This beautiful book about early 20th-century labor organizer Fannie Sellins begins with her murder by sheriff's deputies, in broad daylight, at the age of 47. No one is prosecuted. Mary Cronk Farrell then jumps back 20 years to trace Sellins' life organizing garment and mine workers. Full of photos and primary documents, Fannie Never Flinched puts Sellins' story in the context of the struggles of workers and the labor movement during the "Gilded Age." As Farrell, a skilled and engaging nonfiction writer, explains in the author's note, during the research for the book she realized that the murder of Sellins is part of a much larger pattern of violence against working people.‬
By Jo Ann Allen Boyce, Debbie Levy
This dramatic story is told by one of the 12 students - Jo Ann Allen Boyce (in collaboration with children's book author Debbie Levy), who desegregated their high school in Clinton, Tennessee, one year before the more well-known Little Rock Nine. To tell the powerful story, the authors use free verse interspersed with quotes from newspapers, white supremacist protest signs, preachers' sermons, and other primary documents from the time. Read a review.

Another excellent book about school desegregation is The Girl from the Tar Paper School: Barbara Rose Johns and the Advent of the Civil Rights Movement by Teri Kanefield. Lessons on Brown v. Board of Education should not begin with the 1954 Supreme Court decision but, instead, with the decades of activism that led to the historic ruling. And there is no better way to hook students than with the school walkout led by 15-year-old Barbara Rose Johns in Prince Edward County, Virginia, in 1951.
By Carmen Tafolla, Sharyll Teneyuca, Celina Marroquin (Editor)
This book for elementary age children is about Emma Tenayuca, born in born in San Antonio, Texas in 1916. Through her work as an educator, speaker, and labor organizer, Tenayuca became known as "La Pasionaria." From 1934-48, she supported almost every strike in the city, writing leaflets, visiting homes of strikers, and joining them on picket lines.
By Jeanne Theoharis, Adapted by Jeanne Theoharis and Brandy Colbert
Rosa Parks is one of the most well-known Americans today, but much of what is known and taught about her is incomplete, distorted, and just plain wrong. Adapted for young people from the NAACP Image Award-winning The Rebellious Life of Mrs. Rosa Parks, Jeanne Theoharis and Brandy Colbert shatter the myths that Parks was meek, accidental, tired, or middle class. They reveal a lifelong freedom fighter whose activism began two decades before her historic stand that sparked the Montgomery bus boycott and continued for 40 years after.

For younger readers, we recommend by Nikki Giovanni and illustrated by Bryan Collier. Rosa is one of the very few children's books on the Montgomery Bus Boycott to place the roles of Rosa Parks and Dr. King in the context of a movement with a long history and led by women.

More resources for teaching about Parks and the Montgomery Bus Boycott are available at our Civil Rights Teaching website.
By Dee Romito
This beautifully illustrated picture book highlights a hidden figure of the civil rights movement who fueled the bus boycotts. It tells the story of Georgia Gilmore and the Club from Nowhere - a grassroots project of maids, service workers, and cooks who provided food and funds for the Montgomery Bus Boycott. Georgia Gilmore was an excellent cook and baker who used her skills to fight injustice. When the citywide boycott began, Gilmore supported the cause using her remarkable culinary ability and creative thinking, along with other women, they sold their food, using proceeds to support many aspects of the boycott.
By Walter Dean Myers, Bonnie Christensen (Illustrator)
Born into slavery during the Civil War, Ida B. Wells fought hard to better the lives of African Americans and women. "I'd rather go down in history as one lone Negro who dared to tell the government that it has done a dastardly thing than to save my skin by taking back what I have said." This book follows her life from her schooling, raising her siblings after the death of her parents, to her rise to national fame as a journalist, speaker, and anti-lynching activist. In 1881, Wells refused to move from the ladies' coach on a train, was forcibly removed, then sued the railroad. In 1892 she organized one of the first economic boycotts after three Black men, who owned a grocery store, were murdered by a mob of white men. "This is what opened my eyes to what lynching really was. An excuse to get rid of Negroes who were acquiring wealth and property." Wells fought for the right of women to vote and at the 1913 suffragette march at Woodrow Wilson's inauguration, she sternly refused to march in the separate colored section.
By Connie C. Miller, Steve Erwin (Illustrator), Charles Barnett, III (Illustrator)
For Saint Patrick's Day, the Woman's History Month Book of the Day is the graphic novel, "Mother Jones: Labor Leader." Mary Harris "Mother" Jones learned firsthand about injustice when she was a young girl living in Cork County, Ireland. As the potato blight starved the poor, their landlords exported grain and meat-food that could have prevented those deaths. Learn more.

Her family immigrated to North America in the 1850s. After her husband and four children died from yellow fever, Mother Jones dedicated her life to workers' rights. Jones earned the label "the most dangerous woman in America" by using new organizing strategies that involved women and children in strikes. She organized miners' wives into teams armed with mops and brooms to guard the mines against scabs and staged parades with children carrying signs that read, "We Want to Go to School and Not to the Mines."
By Eloise Greenfield, Daniel Minter (Illustrator)
This unique picture book begins with an essay on the history of midwives, written in prose that is accessible to young readers and accompanied by archival photographs. The book then switches to poetry and stunningly beautiful illustrations - with vignettes from lives of midwives during slavery, emancipation, and today. Greenfield closes with a poem about Miss Rovenia Mayo of Parmele, North Carolina, the midwife who "caught" her when she was born.
By Jeanne Wakatsuki Houston, James D. Houston
Born in California, Jeanne Wakatsuki Houston was seven years old when her family was forced into the Manzanar internment camp near the Sierra Nevada mountains in Nevada, along with more than 11,000 other Japanese Americans. The memoir describes the Wakatsuki family's strategies for surviving internment and the harmful effects it had on their family.
By Margarita Engle
Today's Women's History Month Book of the Day, in English and Spanish, is about the life of legendary nurse Rosa la Bayamesa during Cuba's long fight for independence in the 19th century. The book includes the seldom told story of the reconcentration camps that led to the death of 400,000 Cubans. Too often, popular knowledge of Cuba begins and ends with name recognition of the Cuban Revolution, the Cuban Missile Crisis, and Fidel Castro. Spanning the years 1850-1899, Engle's poems tell the story of Cuba's Wars for Independence. Our thanks to Margarita Engle for this and many more invaluable books for elementary and middle school on Cuba, including Drum Dream Girl.
By Janet Halfmann, London Ladd (illustrator)
Lilly Ann Granderson was an enslaved woman born around 1821. After her mother's death, she was sent to Kentucky where the plantation owners' children often played school with Granderson. As a result, she learned to read and went on to teach others in secrecy. After the plantation owner's death, she was sold to a cotton plantation in Natchez, Mississippi, where it was illegal for people who were enslaved to learn to read. Undeterred, Granderson expanded her education efforts.
By Lucia Gonzalez and Lulu Delacre
A beautiful portrait which recreates what it was like to attend a story time at the New York Public Library during Pura Belpré's tenure in East Harlem. Lucia Gonzalez's bilingual story provides moments of delight for young readers while Lulu Delacre's illustrations capture the essence and history (even using old newspapers as part of the background) of Puerto Rican migrants in the 1930s.
By Erica Armstrong Dunbar & Kathleen Van Cleve
"This book, the young readers' version of Erica Armstrong Dunbar's Never Caught - a 2017 National Book Award finalist in nonfiction - is a welcome, compelling corrective to the whitewashed version of Revolutionary-era history...a story in which the Anglo men were heroes, the black people were nameless, and slavery was simply, unquestionably, The Way Things Were." - Anndee Hochman, Broadstreetreview.com

Born into slavery, Ona Judge made a courageous (and dangerous) escape from the most powerful couple in the country, George and Martha Washington. This is her bold and brave story.
By Ilyasah Shabazz and Renee Watson
In 1945 Detroit, eleven-year-old Betty finds comfort and community in her African-American church, a hub for activism against racism, police brutality, and economic inequality. Renowned speakers such as Thurgood Marshall and Paul Robeson come to speak at the church. Betty becomes very involved in an organization supporting black-owned businesses, building her skills and confidence along the way. Inspired by the true story of Betty Shabazz.
By Olugbemisola Rhuday-Perkovich, Jade Johnson (Illustrator)
Introduce students to the activism of Clara Luper, an African American high school teacher who organized lunch counter sit-ins for her students to protest segregation in 1958. The narrative functions as a history lesson and as a guide for when and how to challenge injustice (now and with nonviolent direct action). The author does not shy away from describing the humiliating abuse the children suffered during the sit-in. The artist shows images of Black children covered in food while white patrons yell, throw, and shake their fists. The art is simple but stunning.
By Andrea L. Rogers
On this day, the anniversary of the day in 1839 when the Cherokee came to the end of the forced death march from their ancestral home to the Oklahoma Territory, we share Mary and the Trail of Tears: A Cherokee Removal Survival Story. Written by a Cherokee citizen and featuring nonfiction support material, this story explores the tragedy of forced removals following the Indian Removal Act of 1830. Facing horrors such as internment, violence, disease, and harsh weather, Mary perseveres and helps keep her family and friends together until they can reach the new Cherokee nation in Indian Territory.
By Amy Ehrlich, Wendell Minor (Illustrator)
Today's book explores the life of Rachel Carson. Ehrlich explains that Rachel Carson was attacked for exposing the dangers of DDT in her seminal book, "Silent Spring." This can help create a healthy skepticism among children when contemporary truth tellers are attacked in the mainstream press. This is an ideal book for beginning (elementary school) chapter book readers.
By Michelle Markel, Melissa Sweet (Illustrator)
The book of the day is about Clara Lemlich, born March 28, 1886 who said:

I have listened to all the speakers, and I have no further patience for talk. I am a working girl, one of those striking against intolerable conditions. I am tired of listening to speakers who talk in generalities. What we are here for is to decide whether or not to strike. I make a motion that we go out in a general strike.
Leah Henderson, George Doutsiopoulos (Illustrator)
Mamie "Peanut" Johnson was a talented baseball player, but she wasn't welcome in the segregated All-American Girls Pro Baseball League due to the color of her skin. In 1953, she signed to play ball for the Negro Leagues' Indianapolis Clowns, becoming the first female pitcher to play on a men's professional team. During the three years she pitched for the Clowns, her record was an impressive 33-8. But more importantly, she broke ground for other female athletes and for women everywhere.

Three women played Negro league baseball (women never played in the white major leagues). You can read about Marcenia Lyle Toni Stone, the first woman to play in the Negro league, in Catching the Moon: The Story of a Young Girl's Baseball Dream by Crystal Hubbard.
By Nancy Churnin, Felicia Marshall (Illustrator)
Growing up in the late 19th century, Laura Wheeler Waring didn't see any artists who looked like her. She didn't see any paintings of people who looked like her, either. As a young woman studying art in Paris, she found inspiration in the works of Matisse and Gauguin to paint the people she knew best. Back in Philadelphia, the Harmon Foundation commissioned her to paint portraits of accomplished African Americans. Her portraits still hang in Washington DC's National Portrait Gallery, where children of all races can admire the beautiful shades of brown she captured.

Another wonderful book about a children's artist is Art from Her Heart: Folk Artist Clementine Hunter by Kathy Whitehead. Born in 1886 in Louisiana, Clementine Hunter picked cotton on the Melrose Plantation and was a talented artist. She was the first African American artist to have a solo exhibition at the Delgado Museum (now the New Orleans Museum of Art). The book describes how a friend brought Hunter into one of her own exhibits when the gallery was closed because as an African American, Hunter was not allowed to enter.
By Andrea Davis Pinkney, Stephen Alcorn (Illustrator)
Through the stories of ten freedom fighters, including Sojourner Truth, Mary McLeod Bethune, Fannie Lou Hamer, and Shirley Chisholm, this book inspires the reader to be courageous and determined in the face of oppression and fear.

In searching for the daily title to feature, our Teaching for Change staff face the stark reminder of how many stories remain untold. Last year we were overjoyed to see Carole Boston Weatherford's book on Fannie Lou Hamer. But where are the children's books on Ella Baker, Yuri Kochiyama, Berta Caceras, and countless other women who can inspire and inform our next generation?

The lack of representation is profound. There are a five children's books on Wangari Maathai and one each on Isatou Ceesay and Miriam Makeba, but not one we could find of any other woman of note from contemporary Africa. There is not one children's books about a Central American historic figure (female or male)-despite a large number of children coming to the U.S. from Central America. This is why we are collaborating on the #StepUpScholastic campaign. As one of the largest publishers and distributors of children's books, they need to fill these gaps.

Share our Women's History, Women's Lives list, then visit the #StepUpScholastic campaign to send a message today.

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