4.3M views · 4.7K reactions | Black American Sign Language? What You Know About That? Meet Nakia Smith a.k.a. Charmay. She's the 4th deaf generation of five generations, and she is here to inject some knowledge in our veins about BASL, it's roots as part of the survival of Black deaf folks in this country dating back to the 1800s, and how the dialect is so different (she says "It got seasoning!") from standard ASL. | Strong Black Lead | Facebook

58K views · 464 reactions | "The first American school for the deaf opened in 1817. But Black children were not allowed." ABC News' Kyra Phillips reports on the origins of Black American Sign Language, and the movement to recognize and preserve a language born out of segregation. https://abcn.ws/3bheBlg | ABC News Live | Facebook

3.4K views · 13 reactions |  After Charmay's video went viral on TikTok, Charmay was invited to explain BASL (Black American Sign Language) and tell us how it is different from ASL (American Sign Language).  Enjoy this awesome video which Charmay can share and show us how it is done.  Follow Charmay on Twitter: www.twitter.com/realcaunsia | Deaf Discovery | Facebook