Fall 2025 DEAF 401 Week 11 – Deaf Pioneers

Who is the earliest known Black Deaf graduate of Gallaudet University?

• Ida Gray (Hampton)
• Hume LePrince Battiste
• Andrew Foster
• Robert Davila

Who is the first openly Black Deaf graduate of Gallaudet University?

• Andrew Foster
• James Gilbert, Jr.
• Ennals J. Adams, Jr.
• H. L. Johns

Who are the first two Latina Deaf women graduates of Gallaudet University?

• Esperanza Correa (Latimer) & Agatha Tiegel (Hanson)
• Dolores Ramirez (Barrett) & Lillian Hahn (Skinner)
• Dolores Ramirez (Barrett) & Esperanza Correa (Latimer)
• Alto Lowman & Blanche Wilkins (Wallace)

Who is the earliest known Deaf Latino to graduate from Gallaudet University?

• Pedro Sandoval
• Andrew Foster
• Robert Davila
• Eduardo Huet

Who was a pioneering Asian Deaf woman advocate and community leader?

• Ida Gray (Hampton)
• Lillian Hahn (Skinner)
• May Martin (Stafford)
• Christine Sun Kim

Who was a Black DeafBlind lawyer in the 1920s?

• Roger Demosthenes O'Kelly
• Haben Girma
• James Gilbert, Jr.
• Ennals J. Adams, Jr.

Who is the first Black Deaf woman graduate of Gallaudet University?

• Blanche Wilkins (Wallace)
• Amanda Johnson
• Lauren Ridloff
• Ida Gray (Hampton)

Who is the first Black Deaf teacher?

• Amanda Johnson
• H. L. Johns
• Julius Garrett
• All of the other answers!

Who were the first two Deaf women to graduate from Gallaudet University?

• Dolores Ramirez (Barrett) & Esperanza Correa (Latimer)
• Alto Lowman & Agatha Tiegel (Hanson)
• Amanda Johnson & Blanche Wilkins (Wallace)
• Emma Speake & Annie Szymanoskie

Who is the earliest known Deaf Latino student at Gallaudet University?

• Robert Davila
• Rogelio Fernández
• Pedro Sandoval
• Angel Acuña