The Century by Peter Jennings, Todd Brewster Summary and Reviews
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Book Reviews of The Century
Book Review: why was this part left out?
Summary: 3 Stars
I was really surprised to discover that Peter Jennings did NOT say anything about the Deaf President Now movement at Gallaudet University in 1988. He reported on this event on ABC News but did not include this at all! For Deaf people, this was their Civil Rights movement.The Deaf President Now movement occurred because they wanted a Deaf person to become President of the only liberal arts college for deaf students in the USA. African American colleges have had African American presidents and women colleges have had women presidents. It was about time that Gallaudet University got a Deaf President. It also meant that deaf people wanted equal access to communication and for a week, they got the world's attention. There is a book called "The Week the World Heard Gallaudet" by Gannon.
I would like to know why this information about civil rights movement from the deaf perspective was omitted.
Book Review: yada yada yada
Summary: 1 Stars
The question isn't what the book leaves out. Armenians, Italians, the Titanic -- OK, but what do you want from one book, fat as it is? My beef is that it's so predictable. Nothing surprising, nothing daring, nothing unconventional, nothing I couldn't have gotten from Life magazine, but the whole thing is shot through with this smug sense of "Has ABC News got a Century for you!" Clearly what they really wanted were blockbuster bestseller and an anointed "intellectual" anchor.