Screenshot from a forthcoming dataset of names from the Colored Conventions showing that we have the names for at least 285 women. The screenshot has one line that says "Gender: female" and another line that says "Showing 50 of 285 people"

Free dissertation idea:

A history of Black women in the late c19 Colored Conventions. We worked *so* hard to find traces of antebellum women by reading against the grain, but there are SO MANY women in the 1870s-1890s. How does their activism show how the CCs set up the Niagara/NACW/club movements?

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Join us! #DigBlk is hiring a creative & forward-thinking Data Scientist to advance computational research & digital scholarship using Black archival collections & datasets and Black archives & critical AI w/ @ccp-org.bsky.social and @douglassday.bsky.social. Learn more: bit.ly/cbdr-ds26

Friends! We did it!! Transcribe 2026 saw more than 8,000 people transform 37,790 pages. We are 100% done!

"There is a power in numbers and in union; because the many are more than the few." - Frederick Douglass, 1883

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Transcribing: 98% complete
Find the Names: 100% complete

Only 36 pages left to transcribe. That's it!
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Douglass Day 2026 is 92% complete!

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A @zooniverse.bsky.social recap video from Douglass Day 2026, featuring footage from the in-person event at the University of Michigan library! Produced by our fantastic Adler Planetarium Manager of Creative Content, Meredith Stepien www.youtube.com/watch?v=T2U5...

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Douglass Day 2026 continues!

We are not done yet! Plenty of time to help transcribe and enrich the records of Black political organizing!
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Moving Douglass Day to a new school has been absolute joy!

Our program was made possible by the work of 28 people at @ucsantabarbara.bsky.social. Plus an extraordinary show of support from the UCSB Chancellor, Dean of Humanities & Fine Arts and University Librarian. Already looking forward to 2027!

And we continue to celebrate #DouglassDay with our global transcribe-a-thon to make Black history open for all!

Transcribe the Colored Conventions
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Did you all see this #DouglassDay cake?!?!

Students at UMass Dartmouth loved learning about @ccp-org.bsky.social during @douglassday.bsky.social today. Huge thanks to the organizers for a great event. Students were excited to share their finds and took real pride in contributing to open access archives. I’m excited to read their reflections.

Please share reflections with us as you're moved to do so and share that we thank them!

Gabrielle here. This may be my favorite post of the day.

About — Elisa's Cake by the #Pound

That is "our official #DouglassDay 2026 Award Winning baker!" Congratulations and thank you for the sweet additions to our day, Elisa! www.elisascakebythepound.com/about

We are waving at you and your students!

The Texas community really knows its history! They will be thrilled!

Transcribe 2026 | Zooniverse - People-powered research The Colored Conventions Movement fought to ensure all rights for all. You can help tell this history.

The #DouglassDay livestream may be over (with 18,725 transcriptions/name IDs submitted so far!) but there are still PLENTY of documents to transcribe, and names to find! The project will stay active until everything is finished, so let's keep up the momentum!

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I’m transcribing Texas names for the Texas State Colored Convention in celebration of Douglass Day 2026 — honoring history through collective memory and community transcription. ✊🏾📜 #DouglassDay #AACAT-1870

Dr. Daina Ramey Berry, Dean of Humanities and Fine Art at @ucsantabarbara.bsky.social, greeting the 8000 people worldwide transcribing at #DouglassDay @douglassday.bsky.social. Her research and leadership is legendary. We thank her for both.

Douglass was the most photographed American of the nineteenth century! Here he is in images with others. We love seeing this for #DouglassDay! @douglassday.bsky.social!

What. A. Cake!! The sweets are icing on the cake!

@douglassday.bsky.social this was such a wonderful event on our campus..... thank you for all the work involved

With Frederick Douglass looking on!
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That's a mural!

Hi Georgetown! We're glad to see you working alongside Douglass!

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Yes please!

The chancellor of @ucsantabarbara.bsky.social greets worldwide transcribers for #DouglassDay. It is a full circle moment for us! He is the former president of the University where we launched. We thank chancellor Dennis and Eleni Assanis for their steadfast support and leadership.

Dr. Daina Ramey Berry, Dean of Humanities and Fine Art at @ucsantabarbara.bsky.social, greeting the 8000 people worldwide transcribing at #DouglassDay @douglassday.bsky.social. Her research and leadership is legendary. We thank her for both.