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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

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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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Thank you so much for sharing! So much to read and learn!

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Yellow button that says "98% complete set" on the first line and a second line that says "Transcribe"

Transcribe Colored Conventions is aaaaalmost done!

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!

Almost there! Let's gooooo!!!!

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OMG

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The Zooniverse hosts Douglass Day 2026
The Zooniverse hosts Douglass Day 2026 YouTube video by The Zooniverse

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...

@douglassday.bsky.social

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Douglass Day 2026 continues

We are only 73% complete!

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Douglass Day 2026 banner and the phrase "the work continues!" and then two donut charts that show "Transcribe" is 72% complete and "Find the Names" is 55% complete.

Douglass Day 2026 banner and the phrase "the work continues!" and then two donut charts that show "Transcribe" is 72% complete and "Find the Names" is 55% complete.

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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Q: what's easy, fun, and makes a real contribution to our understanding of history?
A: @douglassday.bsky.social!

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Thank you for joining our community!

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The transcription process was an eye-opening experience. This collection is amazingly comprehensive.
Very proud to have contributed to its access in a small way.

Thank you #DouglassDay for coordinating this program

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Maybe we should just catch the Olympic spirit and give out medals too! ๐Ÿ…๐Ÿ…๐Ÿ…

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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!

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Jumping back to in to say - we wish Zooniverse had a way to list the top contributors because you would be on leaders list!

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We want to highlight the work of Dr. Daina Ramey Berry, Dean of the College of Humanities and Fine Arts. Thanks for coming to Douglass Day. Thanks for your research and leadership! Please check out her work!
@ucsantabarbara.bsky.social www.hfa.ucsb.edu/deans-office

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

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

Transcribe the Colored Conventions
www.zooniverse.org/projects/dou...

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This cake is specifically re: the one his mother brought for her "little valentine" bsky.app/profile/jeff...

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And we're still going!

Happy birthday Frederick Douglass!

Still LOTS to transcribe!

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25c US postage stamp depicts an engraving, inked in rose pink, of an older Douglass, in profile, with thick white hair and white beard, wearing a suit and bow tie.

25c US postage stamp depicts an engraving, inked in rose pink, of an older Douglass, in profile, with thick white hair and white beard, wearing a suit and bow tie.

OTD 1967, the Frederick Douglass stamp was issued as part of the Prominent Americans stamp series.

Like many people born into enslavement, Douglass didnโ€™t know his actual birthday, which was very difficult for him, and later in his life he chose February 14th to celebrate his birth.

#DouglassDay

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Black and white portrait of Frederick Douglass with white hair and a beard, dressed in a formal suit and bow tie.

Black and white portrait of Frederick Douglass with white hair and a beard, dressed in a formal suit and bow tie.

๐Ÿฐ Find inspiration for your #DouglassDay bake in excerpts from the titles Frederick Douglass published throughout his life.

๐Ÿ“™ On our blog: https://ow.ly/RsIZ50Yfjjl

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Celebrate Douglass Day with the Library with our annual Transcribe-A-Thon!
More info at delawarelibraries.libcal.com/eventโ€ฆ

Join us for birthday cake from The Cake Sisters and correspondence on February 14 from 12:30 - 2:30 PM!

#douglassday #DouglassDay2026

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Happy Douglass Day @douglassday.bsky.social and happy fertility festival time! Happy Lupercalia and Valentine's Day! Let's eat chocolate and have joy and celebrate each other and think about what loveโ€”in the grandest senseโ€”really means. And what honoring love might really ask us to do.

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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. Iโ€™m excited to read their reflections.

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The image shows a cake with the information from Douglass Day on it as a picture.

Got to participate in another awesome @douglassday.bsky.social this year! Itโ€™s always so soothing to transcribe, especially during the now weโ€™re living through!

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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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Iโ€™m transcribing Texas names for the Texas State Colored Convention in celebration of Douglass Day 2026 โ€” honoring history through collective memory and community transcription. โœŠ๐Ÿพ๐Ÿ“œ #DouglassDay #AACAT-1870

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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.

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