Glenn B. Anderson

Glenn B. Anderson is an American writer who was the first Black Deaf man to earn a doctoral degree. Anderson is the author of a book titled Still I Rise: The Enduring Legacy of Black Deaf Arkansans Before and After Integration. He is a member of the board for the National Black Deaf Advocates and an editor for the Arkansas Association of the Deaf newsletter.

Early life and education Anderson was born on October 16, 1936 or 1945, in inner-city Chicago, Illinois. He contracted pneumonia at the age of 7 and due to complications from the illness, he became deaf. Anderson attended a program with 150 other deaf students for both elementary school and middle school. For high school he attended Parker High School in a program with 15 other deaf students. In 1982, Anderson became the first Black Deaf man to earn a doctorate degree as he graduated from New York University with a Ph.D in Rehabilitation Counseling.

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