anne burke and frank 0livo who sadly died in 2019.istory every month on the bbc news channel, or you can catch up on all our films alongside more than 2000 radio programmes on our online archive. just go to bbc. co. uk/witnesshistory. now to the 1980s, and a protest which made the national news in america. in 1988, students at the deaf—only gallaudet university barricaded their campus, protesting their board of trustees' decision to appoint a hearing president. witness history spoke to dr irving king jordan. it's important to know that i am totally deaf — i can't hear a jet engine, i can't hear anything. right now i'm working with a sign language interpreter, sarah, so's sitting front of me next to the camera, so instead of hearing your questions, i am seeing sarah's signs. newsreader: gallaudet college has being the centre of deaf- education in america since1847. in 1987 the president at that time stepped down. right away there was a push for the board to recognise that the next president should be a deaf individual. so they narrowed

anne burke and frank 0livo, who sadly died in 2019.th on the bbc news channel, or you can catch up on all our films alongside more than 2,000 radio programmes on our online archive. just go to bbc.co.uk/witnesshistory. now to the 1980s, and a protest which made the national news in america. in 1988, students at the deaf—only gallaudet university barricaded their campus, protesting their board of trustees�* decision to appoint a hearing president. witness history spoke to dr irving king jordan. it's important to know that i am totally deaf — i can't hear a jet engine, i can't hear anything. right now i'm working with a sign language interpreter, sarah, who's sitting front of me next to the camera, so instead of hearing your questions, i am seeing sarah's signs. newsreader: gallaudet college has i been the centre of deaf education | in america since 1847. in 1987 the president at that time stepped down. right away there was a push for the board to recognise that the next president should be a deaf individual. so they narrowed it down to