Unspeakable: The Story of Junius Wilson

When he reached the mandatory school attendance age of eight, he was sent to the North Carolina School for the Colored Blind and Deaf in Raleigh, a residential institution supervised by a nonsigning, hearing white man who championed oralism, refused to hire deaf instructors, and emphasized vocationa...

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Published in:Sign language studies 2009, Vol.9 (3), p.367-374
Main Author: Van Cleve, John Vickrey
Format: Review
Language:English
Subjects:
African American Family
American Sign Language
Arrests
Attendance
Community Relations
Compulsory Education
Deafness
Family Environment
Hospitals
Job Skills
Learning
Mental Disorders
Physicians
Rape
School attendance
Sign language
Students
Superintendents
Teachers
Vocational education
Young Children
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Summary:When he reached the mandatory school attendance age of eight, he was sent to the North Carolina School for the Colored Blind and Deaf in Raleigh, a residential institution supervised by a nonsigning, hearing white man who championed oralism, refused to hire deaf instructors, and emphasized vocational education over academic preparation for black students. [...] more than anything, this story remains simply a tragedy.
ISSN:0302-1475
1533-6263
1533-6263
DOI:10.1353/sls.0.0019