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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. For as long as she can remember, Sonja Lanehart has been fascinated by how people speak. In particular, she was interested in the ...

Carolyn McCaskill, a Gallaudet University professor and founding director of its new Center for Black Deaf Studies, has devoted her career to shining a light on Black American Sign Language (Black ASL ...

On Super Bowl Sunday, more than one winner walked away from the anticipated match-up. Within the Fenty frenzy, social media could not stop raving about Justina Miles, the energetic sign language ...

When Justina Taylor Miles broke the internet signing Rihanna's 2023 Super Bowl performance, she wasn't just interpreting — she was continuing a tradition of Black American Sign Language. On Sunday ...

WASHINGTON – It’s a chilly December day on the campus of Gallaudet University and JC Smith – a Black deaf man and undergraduate student – is hanging out inside the new Center for Black Deaf Studies.

Get your news from a source that’s not owned and controlled by oligarchs. Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily. Ryan Coogler’s Sinners will be the first movie on a streaming platform that will also ...

Three months after Sinners’ theatrical debut, Warner Bros. and Coogler are poised to extend the film's historic streak as it becomes the first movie to debut on a streaming platform in Black American ...

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, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. WASHINGTON – It's a chilly December day on the campus of Gallaudet University and JC Smith – a Black deaf man and undergraduate ...