Dr. Andrew Jackson Foster was an outstanding African-American individual whose accomplishments included being the first Black Deaf person to earn a bachelor's degree from Gallaudet University and establishing schools for the Deaf in Africa.
In 1956, he established the first school for the Deaf in Ghana, which happened to be the first of its kind in Africa. In over 30 years of service, he would be responsible for founding 31 schools.
Dr. Andrew Foster died in a plane crash in Rwanda in 1987 at the age of 62.
His contributions should be officially recognized by Obama Administration with an exhibit at the National Museum of African American History and Culture which is projected to be open on the National Mall in 2015.