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To Kill a Mocking Bird [|school-for-colored-deaf-and-dumb] Multicultural Awareness ASD and Segregation The Arkansas School for the Deaf's  “Colored Department”, was founded in 1887. [|Gallaudet - Black ASL Project - ASD] [|History Through Deaf Eyes] [|Arkansas School for the Deaf - Our History] [|Arkansas History and Culture] //"When we were moved from the Black school on Madison Street to the Arkansas School campus, the white house mother didn't know how to take of Black hair, she made us shampoo every day and my hair went back!"- ////Lynda Carter //Student at the segregated Madison School and then the Arkansas School for the Deaf and pictured on right in pigtails. [|Gallaudet - Black ASL Project - ASD] As the majority of schools in the South, ASD was segregated prior to the Civil Rights Movement. In 1949, all Black Deaf children were moved to a new school building located on 22nd and Madison Street, and called the Madison Street School. This facility served as a dormitory and classroom building for Black Deaf students In 1957, [|The Little Rock Nine] entered Central High School and integration began. In 1965 total integration of Black Deaf students at ASD took place. Madison School was closed and all the Black Deaf students were placed at ASD and attended classes with other students regardless of race. [|Arkansas School for the Deaf - Our History]



 The picture above is "A photo taken of the team during the 1964-65 season included Dorris Eskridge and Bennie Fuller. When the schools integrated in 1965, Bennie Fuller achieved national fame during his career at ASD from 1968-71 under coach Houston Nutt. He scored 4,896 points during his career and is listed 4th in the national high school sports record books for the most career points scored in high school basketball history." Dr. Glenn Andersen, author of//Still I Rise:The Enduring Legacy of Black Deaf //Arkansans Before — After Integration. (see more about the DVD and booklet below)

For more information about Bennie Fuller, open the document below.

 Author: Glenn Anderson (DVD and Booklet)

<span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 35px;"> Synopsis: “Still I Rise” is a 60 minute DVD with an accompanying booklet that explores nearly 100 years of Black Deaf life in the state of Arkansas during and after the eras of separate schooling for Black and White deaf students. It documents the memories and stories shared by Black Deaf Arkansans ranging from the first interviewee who attended school during the segregation era in 1919 to those who were among the first group of Black students to integrate the Arkansas School for the Deaf in 1965 and afterwards. American Sign Language (ASL) — Open—Captioned. NBDA connection: Glenn B. Anderson is a board <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 35px;">member of the NBDA. Available Online Retailers: Arkansas Black Deaf History Project, Harris Communication, DeafResources.com