Douglass Day

douglassday.bsky.social

08 September 2026 17:57

Announcing Douglass Day 2027! Join us Feb 11, 2027 to transcribe early Black newspapers and magazines. Together we can make these papers open to all! We have tons of free resources coming soon to help bring Douglass Day into your class, school, or community! Register & updates: DouglassDay.org

Douglass Day

douglassday.bsky.social

02 September 2026 14:48

🎂 SAVE THE DATE for Feb 11, 2027! 🎂 Douglass Day will feature Transcribe the Early Black Press! 💻 New Crowdsourcing Project 📽️ Live Broadcast 🍰 Great Douglass Day Bake Off 📣 Special guests! Host an event or join us online! Help us spread the word? Register now: DougalssDay.org

Colored Conventions Project

ccp-org.bsky.social

15 June 2026 20:32

June is Black Music Month! We're pleased to share MUSIC IN THE COLORED CONVENTIONS. "As participants convened from near and far, music was an artistic and emotional expression of their religious, personal, and political sentiments." Learn more in our newest exhibit: coloredconventions.org/music/

Lauren Cooper

laurencooper.bsky.social

03 April 2026 19:58

Pleased to chair the search committee for a Data Scientist to: "help shape research agendas that apply data science and digital humanities to archival collections while centering community engagement, ethical stewardship, and the human stories embedded in the data." Please share! ▶️ bit.ly/cbdr-ds26

theo wants a garden 🌿 🇵🇸

pygmywhales.bsky.social

19 March 2026 17:29

my hands don't work very well anymore, so i'm slow, but i've been transcribing poems. the method is a little clunky in that the pages you get are random and not chronological, so you rarely get to immerse yourself in what you're reading, but it's otherwise easy. i like being of use.