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BASL

Black American Sign Language
Central Harlem
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lack American Sign Language has been described as a variety of ASL developed primarily in segregated schools for the deaf in the Southern US, though it has since spread to some extent among African-American communities elsewhere, including some in New York. Among several gathering places for Black Deaf ASL users has been the House of Justice (HOJ) Deaf Club at the National Action Network, a civil rights organization in Harlem.

Note that the language above may be used throughout the New York area — this is just one significant site.
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BASL

Black American Sign Language

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