Greg Leibach
Appearances
Radiolab
The Echo in the Machine
Greg is signing. I will be speaking. Okay. And not signing. Okay. We are good.
Radiolab
The Echo in the Machine
Less than, I don't know, one and a half miles from the New York Met Stadium near the airport. And I come from a deaf family, my parents and two brothers and one sister.
Radiolab
The Echo in the Machine
I had neighbors who were hearing and we all associated with each other, communicated with each other. We stayed outside all day until the dinner bell rang.
Radiolab
The Echo in the Machine
It was pointless to watch except for maybe football and baseball games because there was basically no captioning. We'd have to look at the TV guide and, you know, they had a symbol that said CC.
Radiolab
The Echo in the Machine
We were all gathered in the gym, in the field house, waiting for them to make the announcement. And around, say, 7 o'clock... It happened.
Radiolab
The Echo in the Machine
Then I told them, stop. Do not damage. Do not vandalize anything. No violence, please. Because I knew that many people don't have the experience of seeing deaf people. We were sending the wrong impression. We're sending the wrong message. Sometimes, you know, the first impression is the lasting impression. So I didn't want the hearing people seeing us as a wild bunch of people.
Radiolab
The Echo in the Machine
So, you know, we gathered at the front of the gate in front of campus, said, let's get organized. And that's when we started making plans.
Radiolab
The Echo in the Machine
We drove to buy a chain from the hardware store. We brought the chain back and we locked all of the gates. On campus.
Radiolab
The Echo in the Machine
We don't want the university to open. We want a deaf president first. 99 Acres was totally shut down.
Radiolab
The Echo in the Machine
It was a party. We marched around, we had different presentations, and we had donuts.
Radiolab
The Echo in the Machine
In their signing and in their faces, do you see their convictions? PBS, ABC. The demonstrations continue.
Radiolab
The Echo in the Machine
Everyone was just signing and jumping and cheering and screaming, and everybody was so happy.