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Gallaudet University for the Deaf opened in 1864, and it wasn't until 1988 that the university appointed its first deaf president, I. King Jordan. This means there was a span of 124 years between the university's founding and the appointment of a deaf president. The event sparked significant activism within the deaf community, leading to the "Deaf President Now" movement.

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