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 ...

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, ...

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.

Ryan Coogler's Sinners was released in April to critical acclaim. Since then, the movie has managed to break several box office records and accomplish a list of "firsts," making history for Black ...

This article has been handpicked from the Okayplayer editorial archives and included in our Hip Hop 50 collection as a noteworthy inclusion to the genre's rich and diverse narrative. The article has ...

The deaf community was plagued by racial segregation, so Black Americans decided to create their own rendition of the language to serve their communities. “Sinners” premiered on MAX on July 4 in its ...

The news marks the first time a streaming platform will exclusively debut a film in Black American Sign Language. We at The Streamable have made no secret of our excitement for the release of Ryan ...

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 ...