She's educating people online about BASL. Personally, when I thought about American Sign Language, I never thought there were two very different versions of it. There’s the version that white people ...

North Village Community Club president Shervin Dill has expressed grief and shock over the death of former club footballer Nakia Smith, who passed away on Tuesday at the age of 49. The versatile ...

In the same way that you can add a ‘Blackcent’ to your style of speech, it can also be done when communicating in sign language. Now, a 22-year-old TikTok user is being credited for making the Black ...

Nakia Smith is celebrating her 20-year anniversary with the Research Director, Inc. Marc Greenspan said, “Nakia’s experience and energy results in our clients getting more wins. In addition, she helps ...

*”English is not my first language,” writes Texas native Nakia Smith on her TikTok account. The 22-year-old African-American woman, who has been deaf since birth, uses her large following on social ...

BUFFALO, N.Y. — A renewed interest in Black American Sign Language has come up thanks to the popular app TikTok. A 22-year-old deaf woman named Nakia Smith went viral last year for a video she made on ...

Few people can say they sing in a choir with Pharrell Williams. Or that they’ve performed on Netflix, “The Late Show with Stephen Colbert,” “Good Morning America” and “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” But Nakia ...