<P> Gallaudet students , backed by a number of alumni , staff , and faculty , shut down the campus . Protesters barricaded gates , burned effigies , and gave interviews to the press demanding four specific concessions from the Board . The protest ended on March 13 , 1988 , after all four demands were met including the appointment of I. King Jordan , a deaf person , as university president . </P>
<P> Gallaudet students , backed by a number of alumni , staff , and faculty , shut down the campus . Protesters barricaded gates , burned effigies , and gave interviews to the press demanding four specific concessions from the Board . The protest ended on March 13 , 1988 , after all four demands were met including the appointment of I. King Jordan , a deaf person , as university president . </P>
when was the first deaf president of gallaudet university
when was the first deaf president of gallaudet university
March 13 , 1988
March 13 , 1988