anne burke and frank 0livo, who sadly died in 2019.people always put me down, saying, "you won't amount to nothing", and they say now, "he does amount to something, he's special!" anne burke and frank 0livo, who sadly died in 2019. remember, you can watch witness history every month 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 against 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'm seeing sarah's signs. newsreader: gallaudet college has been the