Resources for Black Deaf People

• A Black History Month Resource - by Al Couthen, NBDA President
• Celebrate Black History Month - by Sheryl Emery, NBDA Founding Director
• A Short History of National Black Deaf Advocates
• Books
  • Books on Black Deaf at Barnes & Noble
  • Black and Deaf in America
  • Sounds Like Home: Growing Up Black and Deaf in the South - a book by Mary Herring Wright is reviewed.  Get it at Barnes & Noble. 
• Compensation - a 16mm movie with Black Deaf leading characters.  There's a short review of it on this page.  
• Deaf and African American
• Deaf and Hearing - a Black hearing woman's story about her relationship with a Deaf White man - great reading from PBS
• Gender Identity Development in Black Deaf Women - a study being done at Gallaudet
• Invisible Hands - a web site with several links to black plays,  performing troops, and dancers
• National Alliance of Black Interpreters  - an excellent resource with chapters in several states
  • Kwenu Brooks, Western Regional Rep., Email Truedread@yahoo.com
• National Black Deaf Advocates - general info, address and phone
  • Atlanta Black Deaf Advocates, Inc. - Chapter 5
  • Columbus Black Deaf Advocates, P.O. Box 13098, Columbus OH 43213-3098
  • Dallas Chapter Black Deaf Advocates, P.O. Box 226146, Dallas TX 75222-6146
  • Delaware Chapter Black Deaf Advocates, P.O. Box 9745-19713 , Newark, Delaware 19713
  • Detroit Chapter Black Deaf Advocates, P.O. Box 14148, Detroit MI 48214-4148
  • Houston Chapter Black Deaf Advocates, P.O. Box 524065, Houston TX 77052-4065
  • Indianapolis Chapter Black Deaf Advocates
  • Minnesota Black Deaf Advocates
  • New York City Black Deaf Advocates, P.O. Box 3872, New York NY 10185-3872
  • Nashville Chapter Black Deaf Advocates, P. O. Box 40064, Nashville TN 37204-0064
  • NBDA (National Office)
    P.O. Box 5465
    Laurel, MD 20726
    Attn: Stephen G. Younger II, NBDA President
    Email to Stephen at: Syounger64@hotmail.com
  • Philadelphia Chapter Black Deaf Advocates, Inc., P.O. Box 8492 Philadelphia, PA 19101-8492
    Email: bhender836@aol.com
  • Washington, D.C. Black Deaf Advocates Chapter, P.O. Box 90666 Washington, D.C. 20090-0666 or email to FMBeam24@aol.com
• New England Society of Black Deaf of Boston - 707 Broughton Dr., Beverly, MA 01915   Phone: 978-921-7321 TTY, Contact: Leslie J. Cox
• NTID Minority page - a cool page about life after high school
• Selected Readings and Resources - from Gallaudet

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