On the Beat of Truth: A Hearing Daughter's Stories of Her Black Deaf Parents

By Maxine Childress Brown

Brown is the oldest of three hearing daughters born to deaf, working-class African American parents. Both parents were born in the South and attended segregated schools for Black deaf and blind children; later they settled in Washington, DC. Brown tells stories of her parents' youth, their tenacious work ethic, their incredible pride of family, and their interactions with the deaf African American and white communities. Brown also relates her own experiences as her parents' interpreter, and how she learned to live in both the deaf and hearing worlds.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1563685523
• ISBN13: 9781563685521
• Release Date: June 2013
• Publisher: Gallaudet University Press
• Length: 184 Pages
• Weight: 1.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.6" x 8.5"