Controlling our destiny : a board member's view of deaf president now /

Controlling our destiny : a board member's view of deaf president now /

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:	Bravin, Philip W., author.
Imprint:	Washington, DC : Gallaudet University Press, [2020]
Description:	1 online resource (xxviii, 227 pages) : illustrations
Language:	English
Subject:	Gallaudet University -- Student strike, 1988. Gallaudet University -- Presidents. Gallaudet University College presidents -- Selection and appointment -- United States. Student strikes -- Washington (D.C.) Deaf -- Education (Higher) -- United States. College presidents -- Selection and appointment Deaf -- Education (Higher) Presidents Student strikes United States Washington (D.C.)
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/13585658

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ISBN:	1944838732 9781944838737 9781944838713 1944838716 9781944838713
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references. Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on November 02, 2020).
Summary:	"An insider's view of the events that lead up to one of the most crucial moments in American deaf history: the 1988 Deaf President Now (DPN) protests at Gallaudet University"--
Other form:	Print version: Bravin, Philip W. Controlling our destiny. Washington, DC : Gallaudet University Press, [2020] 9781944838713

Table of Contents:

Intro
Contents
Foreword
I. King Jordan
Preface
Acknowledgments
Introduction
Part One: The Search for a New President
1. Remembering 170 Years of Oppression
2. From Kendall Green to the Work World and Back to My Alma Mater
3. Setting the Presidential Precedent: 1864-1983
4. My Initial Years on the Board of Trustees (1981-1986)
5. Laying the Foundation for the Search
6. Starting the Engines: The Search Begins
7. Narrowing Down the Pool
8. The Interviews
9. Selecting the President amid Mounting Public Pressure
Part Two: The Week the World Heard Gallaudet
1. The Finale that Never Was a Finale: March 5-6
2. Monday, March 7
3. Tuesday, March 8
4. Wednesday, March 9
5. Thursday, March 10
6. Friday, March 11
7. Saturday, March 12
8. Sunday, March 13
9. Monday, March 14
Epilogue
Supplemental Materials
Notable Quotes about DPN
Controlling Our Destiny: An Unpublished Paper
Cast of Characters
Deaf President Now! A Ballad-Robert F. Panara
You Have to Be Deaf to Understand
Willard J. Madsen
The Dr. Edward C. Merrill Jr. Papers
Bibliography