Legacy Continues: CODA Daughter, Genevieve Caldwell

veditzkat     October 6, 2024 in ASL 13 Subscribers Subscribe


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In my previous video, I mentioned William A. Caldwell. Now, here is about his daughter, Genevieve, a Child of Deaf Adults (CODA) who continued his legacy in deaf education. Genevieve, along with William Whitehead, the first Black superintendent of the Virginia State School for Colored Deaf and Blind in Hampton, Virginia, dedicated their efforts to the education of Black deaf students for around 21 years.

This school later merged with the Virginia School for the Deaf and Blind (VSDB) in Staunton, Virginia.

Genevieve passed away in 1988 at age 90. Her memorial linked here: Link .

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