The Legacy of Two Major Campus Protests
Find out how the fascinating stories of two significant twentieth-century student uprisings are told today at the landscapes in which they took place. This session will explore how events at two American universities led to fundamental changes in leadership and how these events are interpreted online and on-site today.
Student protests at Fisk University in Nashville, TN (1924-25) not only ousted the president, but paved the way (slightly more than a generation later) for the appointment of the university’s first African American president. Decades later, in 1988, students at Gallaudet in Washington, D.C. protested the appointment of a hearing president with little knowledge of sign language. The “Deaf President Now” movement resulted in the appointment of a Gallaudet alumnus, I. King Jordan, as the institution’s president.
Moderated by Maura Rockcastle, Principal and Co-Founder of the landscape architecture firm TEN x TEN and member of The Cultural Landscape Foundation’s (TCLF) Board of Directors, the free webinar will also make visible the efforts of Louise B. Miller, who led the fight for educational justice for African American deaf children during the era of segregation.
This program is associated with TCLF's report and digital exhibition Landslide: Demonstration Grounds about public protest sites that shaped American attitudes and ideals.
Rockcastle will be joined by:
Evon J. Black - Associate Director of Gallaudet University’s Center for Black Deaf Studies.
Dr. Crystal A. DeGregory - Associate professor of history and founding director of the Mary McLeod Bethune Institute at Bethune-Cookman University.
Robbie D. Jones - Principal senior architectural historian and Tennessee branch manager for cultural resources consulting firm, Richard Grubb and Associates, Inc.
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1.25 LA CES™ professional development hours will be available to attendees.
