Deaf President Now Movement

DPN Day 1 (Monday)

Mar 7, 1988

The president was announced for the university. An outrage sparked throughout the campus as they had been expecting the Deaf candidate to win, but the hearing candidate won instead. So the students gathered and eventually turned into a protest as they voiced their opinions angrily to the university. http://www.gallaudet.edu/dpn-home.html

DPN Day 2 (Tuesday)

Mar 8, 1988

Students drove to school early the following day to begin their protest. They even slashed tires of the school buses.
http://nvdatabase.swarthmore.edu/content/gallaudet-university-students-protest-deaf-university-president-deaf-president-now-1988

DPN Day 3 (Wednesday)

Mar 9, 1988

On this day, the students boycotted the university as they were allowed back inside. Leaders of the protest began to emerge and the faculty had to regroup inside. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ovo4ox7_StY

DPN Day 4 (Thursday)

Mar 10, 1988

On the fourth day, meetings were to be had by the university about the protesters. The hearing president who had been chosen showed up to begin her job early and was greeted with the organized chaos of the protesters. The faculty and staff also met up separately to decide whether they agreed with the students and wanted to support the protest, or be against the protesters. http://www.handspeak.com/culture/index.php?id=132

DPN Day 5 (Friday)

Mar 11, 1988

On this day, one of the protesters appeared on ABC's 'Good Morning America'. It was a good publicity stunt as it alerted the rest of the country about what was going on at the university.Rallies were also being held all day. That night, the hearing president announced her resignation. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xF0pHgTlDmY

DPN 6 (Saturday)

Mar 12, 1988

When the campus found out that the hearing president Zinsler had resigned, they felt relieved and were very excited about what this would mean. The students were very serious about the correct president being chosen and even stated that they would stay on campus instead of going on spring break. The students scheduled a march to the capital building and numerous people gave speeches Towards the end of the night, another rally was held. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=El_qTr3L0G0

DPN Day 8 (Sunday)

Mar 13, 1988

On Saturday, it was a day of rest for the protesters. But on Sunday, they Dr. I. King. Jordan was named the 8th president, the first Deaf President of the Gallaudet University!
http://www.gallaudet.edu/dpn-home/issues/week-of-dpn.html