Sign language interpreter Justina Miles was highly-celebrated for her presence at this year's Super Bowl. Her contributions as a Black sign language interpreter highlight the history of the Black ASL.
When David Player ’19 (sociology/anthropology) was a student at RIT’s National Technical Institute for the Deaf in 2015, he became fascinated with how race, identity, and language, specifically sign ...
The version will launch on Max July 4. Ryan Coogler is marking another career milestone: The director’s latest blockbuster “Sinners” will be the first film to ever stream in Black American Sign ...
As productions increasingly include characters and perspectives from a variety of backgrounds, deaf and hearing people who translate the shows for deaf audiences are trying to keep up. By Ilaria ...
Sign language interpreter Valerie McMillan stole the show at the 56th National Delta Sigma Theta Convention in Indianapolis on July 22. A video shared to Instagram by fellow Delta Sigma Theta soror, ...
The Deaf and the hard of hearing were centered — and the hearing audience accommodated — during a Black History Month lecture Saturday at the Virginia Museum of History and Culture. Onstage, Roxie ...
It’s not the Great White Way. A white sign-language interpreter says he was booted from “The Lion King” on Broadway because of his skin color. Keith Wann, 53, was one of at least two people forced off ...
RICHMOND, Va. -- For Dr. Shantell Lewis, helping people with hearing problems has been a passion since her freshman year of college. "I had an internship with an ear, nose, and throat doctor and I ...