At last, a diploma for Black deaf students who set historic precedent
A historical account from the university shows that Black students were permitted to attend the Kendall School between 1898 and 1905. Then, the parents of White students complained. As a result, Black deaf children in D.C. were forced to attend schools located hours away in Maryland and Philadelphia, an arrangement that caused hardships and separations within families.
At the event, university officials didn’t only give the students diplomas. They also gave them an apology. Spence was her mother’s only child and the two were close. Even so, her mother never told her anything that indicated she and those other students were trailblazers.
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