Lulu Miller

And so, fast-forwarding, it is the spring of 1988 on the campus of Gallaudet University. The campus is beautiful and gated. The students are in lots of denim and oversized sweatshirts. I mean, it is your standard-looking college. With one exception.

And so, fast-forwarding, it is the spring of 1988 on the campus of Gallaudet University. The campus is beautiful and gated. The students are in lots of denim and oversized sweatshirts. I mean, it is your standard-looking college. With one exception.

And so, fast-forwarding, it is the spring of 1988 on the campus of Gallaudet University. The campus is beautiful and gated. The students are in lots of denim and oversized sweatshirts. I mean, it is your standard-looking college. With one exception.

This is disability rights attorney Karen Peltz-Strauss.

This is disability rights attorney Karen Peltz-Strauss.

This is disability rights attorney Karen Peltz-Strauss.

She is fluent in sign language.

She is fluent in sign language.

She is fluent in sign language.

Yeah, in its 124-year history, all of them were hearing.

Yeah, in its 124-year history, all of them were hearing.

Yeah, in its 124-year history, all of them were hearing.

Who was actually the student body president as all this was going down. He and his classmates... We were very optimistic. Because of the three finalists for the job, two of them, Harvey Corsons and I. King Jordan, they were deaf. And the third candidate, a woman by the name of Elizabeth Zinsser, not only was she not deaf, she didn't even know sign language.

Who was actually the student body president as all this was going down. He and his classmates... We were very optimistic. Because of the three finalists for the job, two of them, Harvey Corsons and I. King Jordan, they were deaf. And the third candidate, a woman by the name of Elizabeth Zinsser, not only was she not deaf, she didn't even know sign language.

Who was actually the student body president as all this was going down. He and his classmates... We were very optimistic. Because of the three finalists for the job, two of them, Harvey Corsons and I. King Jordan, they were deaf. And the third candidate, a woman by the name of Elizabeth Zinsser, not only was she not deaf, she didn't even know sign language.

And so, March 6th, 1988.

And so, March 6th, 1988.

And so, March 6th, 1988.

Oh, no. Oh, no. Yeah. They went with the hearing lady.

Oh, no. Oh, no. Yeah. They went with the hearing lady.