Andrew Foster
Andrew Foster
Andrew Foster was born in Ensley, Alabama in 1925. He was born at a time when segregation and severe prejudice existed here in America. He was born at a time when segregation and severe prejudice existed here in America. As a black boy, he not only faced school segregation, he had to also deal with sub-human acts and laws such as separate textbooks for blacks and whites and the inability to put money into the hand of a white store clerk. White laundry businesses only accepted white people’s clothes and blacks could only perform bottom of the barrel jobs. They had to follow degrading laws such as when a white person and a black person neared each other on a sidewalk, the black person had to abide the law and step aside so the white person could pass by. This experience was expected to take a toll on the children. He was a missionary to the deaf in Africa from 1956 until his death in 1987. He became the first black deaf person to earn a bachelor’s degree from Gallaudet College, and the first to earn a master's degree from Eastern Michigan University. Eventually receiving a Master's Degree from Seattle Pacific Christian College, he founded Christian Mission for the Deaf African in 1956, and set out for Liberia, Africa; he established the first school of his mission in Ghana. He knew exactly what he wanted to do as a profession and that was to become a missionary in Africa. Dr. Andrew Foster is an important figure in both African American history and deaf history. Not only did he establish many schools for the deaf in Africa, he also was the first African American to graduate from Gallaudet University, which also granted him an honorary doctorate's. Many young African American children were influenced by all of Andrew Fosters achievements in s good way. A lot acted upon in and you saw many more African Americans graduate from college because of Andrew Foster. He
Andrew Foster was born in Ensley, Alabama in 1925. He was born at a time when segregation and severe prejudice existed here in America. He was born at a time when segregation and severe prejudice existed here in America. As a black boy, he not only faced school segregation, he had to also deal with sub-human acts and laws such as separate textbooks for blacks and whites and the inability to put money into the hand of a white store clerk. White laundry businesses only accepted white people’s clothes and blacks could only perform bottom of the barrel jobs. They had to follow degrading laws such as when a white person and a black person neared each other on a sidewalk, the black person had to abide the law and step aside so the white person could pass by. This experience was expected to take a toll on the children. He was a missionary to the deaf in Africa from 1956 until his death in 1987. He became the first black deaf person to earn a bachelor’s degree from Gallaudet College, and the first to earn a master's degree from Eastern Michigan University. Eventually receiving a Master's Degree from Seattle Pacific Christian College, he founded Christian Mission for the Deaf African in 1956, and set out for Liberia, Africa; he established the first school of his mission in Ghana. He knew exactly what he wanted to do as a profession and that was to become a missionary in Africa. Dr. Andrew Foster is an important figure in both African American history and deaf history. Not only did he establish many schools for the deaf in Africa, he also was the first African American to graduate from Gallaudet University, which also granted him an honorary doctorate's. Many young African American children were influenced by all of Andrew Fosters achievements in s good way. A lot acted upon in and you saw many more African Americans graduate from college because of Andrew Foster. He