Deaf President Now!: The 1988 Revolution at Gallaudet University

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Index Affirmative action, at Gallaudet, 202 African American community, and DPN,84n Alexander Graham Bell Association for the Deaf, 148 Allen, Marin, 118-119 American Postal Workers Union, 133134 American School for the Deaf, xv American Society for Deaf Children, 148 Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), and DPN, 204, 213-217, 219 Anderson, Hubert, Jr., 14 Andersson, Yerker, 37, 141 Barnes, James, 13, 17, 42, 69-70, 98 Bell, Alexander Graham, xv, xvi Berke, Larry, 86 Biller, Moe, 133-134, 137 Birnbaum, David, 176: advocacy efforts by, 13-14, 15; and the March 1 rally, 22-23; and the March 6 march, 53, 57; and Zinser, 41 Bloch, Nancy, 2, 209 Bonior, David: on DPN, 149-150; and the GUAA, 40; and the March 9 faculty /student meeting, 96, 119; and the March 13 board of trustees meeting, 158; meeting with Bravin, Spilman, and Zinser, 125-127; on Zinser, 108 Bourne, Bridgetta: and DPN's fifth anniversary , 223-224, 225; leadership abilities of, 179-181; and the March 6 march, 51, 54, 64; and March 7 activities , 70, 71, 77; and the March 11 rally at the Capitol, 151; meeting with Jordan , 99; meeting with Zinser, 98-100; post-DPN activities of, 210. See also Student leaders Bravin, Jeff, 48-49, 72 Bravin, Philip: and DPN's fifth anniversary , 223-224, 225; and Jordan's selection , 163, 164-165; and March 7 visit to campus, 72; meeting with Bonior and Gunderson, 125; search committee and, 2, 25, 26; and Spilman's resignation , 158, 160; and visit to Zinser, 50, 108-111; and Zinser's selection, 5253 , 54, 55, 56, 58, 60 Burstein, Gerald, 8, 85 Bush, George, 25, 26 Campus closing, by students, 65-71, 9495 , 123-125, 131-133 Central Administration Management Team (CAMT), 16-17, 31-32, 97, 110; meetings of, 137-139, 149 Clerc, Laurent, xv Clinton, Bill, 226 Collective action: defined, xiv; factors leading to success of, 168; post-DPN, in the deaf community, 205-208; protest as, 167; recruiting for, 176 Columbia Institution for the Deaf and Dumb and the Blind, xiv-xv. See also Gallaudet University Commission on Education of the Deaf (COED), xx, 165, 165 n Congressional support, for DPN, 25-26, 108, 153-154, 185-186. See also Bonior, David; Gunderson, Steve Connors, Nancy, 140-141 Consumer Action Network, 207-208 Convention of American Instructors of the Deaf, 27-28, 148 Corson, Harvey, 59, 82, 158; interviews for Gallaudet presidency, 4, 10, 18, 19, 43; letter to Zinser, 106 Covell, Jerry: and DPN's fifth anniversary , 223-224, 225; and Jordan's selection , 161; leadership abilities of, 179181 ; and the March 6 march, 64; and March 7 activities, 68-69, 70, 71; and the March 8 rally, 87; and March 9 activities, 95, 119; and the March 11 news conference, 148; and the March 235 Covell, Jerry (cont.) 11 rally at the Capitol, 151; meeting with Jordan, 99; meeting with Zinser, 98-100; post-DPN activities of, 210; reaction to Zinser's selection, 51-52. See also Student leaders Crammatte, Alan B., 14 Dart, Justin, 148, 217 Davila, Robert, 4, 10, 17, 122-123, 207 Deaf Awareness Week, 203 Deaf community: advocacy efforts of, xx, 206-208, 209; and the disability rights movement, 217-218; DPN's impact on, 203; educational history of, xiii-xvi; other protests by, 205-206, 208-209, 212-213; support of DPN by, 184-185 Deaf Mosaic, 221 Deaf President Now council, 92, 127, 151, 157, 179-181 Deaf President Now (DPN), factors contributing to effectiveness of: analysis of, 168, 170, 172-174, 175, 181, 188189 , 193; congressional support, 185186 ; environmental factors, 192; faculty support, 182-183; "frame and frame extension," 171, 172-173; frame of civil rights, 171, 172-174; group cohesiveness , 177-178; lack of counterprotest, 189-190; leadership, 178-181; limited scope, 175; material resources, 178; media support, 186-189; morally persuasive ideas, 172, 174; opposition, mistakes made by, 190-192; outside support, 181-189; political!cultural elimate , 168-172; protesters, recruiting of, 175-176; protesters' leverage, 189; target audience, 175 Deaf President Now (DPN), marches, protests, and rallies: March 1, 20-25, 30-40; March 2-5, 41-42, 44; March 6,48-64; March 7, 66-72,74,81-82; March 8, 83-87; March 9, 94-95, 123; March 10, 133-137; March 11, 150-155; March 12, 1988 (art festival), 149, 156; 236 : IN D E X March 12, 1993 (fifth anniversary), 222-226 Deafpride, Inc., 148 Demands, of protesters...