It is a chapter of Virginia’s history that has been largely silenced till now. In his latest “I Have a Story” Greg McQuade introduces us to the historian who is shining the light on a small corner of the Commonwealth where people who were once shunned in society shined for centuries.
Lantz Mills in Shenandoah County, Virginia was a tiny village where hearing and deaf people shared their own sign language from the 1700's till the 1970’s. Lantz Mills near the border with West Virginia was one of only a handful of places in America where the deaf thrived - owning businesses while feeling free of discrimination. Deaf historian Kathleen Brockway is a descendant of Lantz Mills who is documenting the deaf’s contributions there so the story is not lost over time.
28 сен 2024
