This video, produced by Sorenson, explores the history of the Southern School for the Deaf (SSD), the last segregated Deaf school in America to close in 1978. Through personal accounts, four graduates revisit the campus to share their memories of the school, which was located at Southern University in Louisiana. They discuss the unique linguistic heritage of Black Deaf signers, the strict classroom environments where fingerspelling was required, and the complex social dynamics of living in a segregated world.
Black Deaf History – Southern School for the Deaf