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Colored Conventions Project @ccp-org.bsky.social · 20h

Highly recommend this keynote on the Colored Conventions! Given by Dr. Andre Johnson (@aejohnsonphd.bsky.social) at Mother Bethel AME Church in Philadelphia. Several days of events & programs led by CCP's very own Dr. Denise Burgher. A landmark day!

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Philadelphia Inquirer @inquirer.com · 16/09/2026

For the first time in 50 years, the Convention is making a comeback to help combat the attack on Black history and civil rights.

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The first Colored Convention was held in Philadelphia in 1830. Mother Bethel AME Church will revive it this weekend.

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Douglass Day @douglassday.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Have you heard? Douglass Day in 2027 is going to launch "Transcribe the Early Black Press" Join us this Weds for a little preview of this vast new global history -> douglassday.substack.com/p/a-press-of... Help us spread the word for #DouglassDay!

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“A Press of Our Own”: A Short History of the Early Black Press

Community Gathering this Wednesday!

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Douglass Day @douglassday.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Announcing our new Douglass Day Community Gatherings! This year, we are hosting monthly virtual gatherings. We wanted to make space to continue growing this incredible community. Also space to share your fun & clever ideas! More info: douglassday.substack.com/p/new-commun...

New Community Gatherings!

Join us on September 30th at 6:00pm EDT!

We are starting monthly community gatherings to prepare for Douglass Day together! Join the first meeting on September 30th at 6:00pm on Zoom.

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Joshua R Greenberg @joshrgreenberg.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

If you looking to find more content about the Colored Conventions and the Colored Conventions Project, check out these articles on Commonplace. commonplace.online/topic/colore...

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Colored Conventions Archives - Commonplace

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Colored Conventions Project @ccp-org.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Happy 197th birthday to the Colored Conventions! On this day in 1830, a small group of Black leaders met secretly in Mother Bethel AME Church to plan a new movement of conventions to redeem this country's pledges for liberty. Read an early history from 1859 hdl.handle.net/2027/uc1.321...

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Andre E. Johnson @aejohnsonphd.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

OTD: September 8, 1883: The Colored Convention Project @ccp-org.bsky.social ther3project.substack.com/p/otd-septem...

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OTD: September 8, 1883: The Colored Convention Project

Speech by M.W. (Mifflin Wistar) Gibbs

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Andre E. Johnson @aejohnsonphd.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

OTD: September 8, 1883: The Colored Convention Project @ccp-org.bsky.social ther3project.substack.com/p/otd-septem...

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OTD: September 8, 1883: The Colored Convention Project

The call of the 1883 National Colored Convention

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Andre E. Johnson @aejohnsonphd.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

OTD: September 8, 1845: The Colored Convention Project @ccp-org.bsky.social ther3project.substack.com/p/otd-septem...

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OTD: September 8, 1845: The Colored Convention Project

Address to the People of the State of New York

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Andre E. Johnson @aejohnsonphd.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

OTD: September 4, 1855: The Colored Convention Project @ccp-org.bsky.social ther3project.substack.com/p/otd-septem...

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OTD: September 4, 1855: The Colored Convention Project

Colored Men’s New York State Colored Convention

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sam blickhan @snblickhan.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Today we launch our new @zooniverse.bsky.social AI Ethics Framework: www.zooniverse.org/about/ai-eth... It includes Key Principles, Internal Actions taken by Zooniverse, and Recommendations for Project Teams that will guide the use of AI/ML on the platform moving forward.

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Zooniverse AI Ethics Framework | Zooniverse

Projects on Zooniverse that engage with artificial intelligence and/or machine learning

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Douglass Day @douglassday.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

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

SAVE the DATE
DOUGLASS DAY
Celebrating the 200* anniversary of the Black Press
2.11.2027
DouglassDay.org

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Andre E. Johnson @aejohnsonphd.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

OTD: September 4, 1855: The Colored Convention Project. @ccp-org.bsky.social ther3project.substack.com/p/otd-septem...

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OTD: September 4, 1855: The Colored Convention Project

Colored Men’s New York State Colored Convention

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Douglass Day @douglassday.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

🎂 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

Postcard graphic with large text saying "Save the Date for Douglass Day" Below that, text reads "Celebrating the 200th Anniversary of the Black Press" and the date "2.11.2027" followed by the web address DouglassDay.org.

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Andre E. Johnson @aejohnsonphd.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

What does it mean to study not just Black history—but the words, faith, and movements that shaped it? How do we find the courage to persevere in the present? @ccp-org.bsky.social @digblk.bsky.social

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The Colored Convention Conference

Black Freedom Movements: Then and Now

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Douglass Day @douglassday.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

We are just wrapping up the first day of our summer planning meetings. Lots of new team members, ideas, and fun things to share. Douglass Day 2027 is on the way!

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Andre E. Johnson @aejohnsonphd.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

OTD: July 13, 1871: The Colored Convention Project @ccp-org.bsky.social @digblk.bsky.social open.substack.com/pub/ther3pro...

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OTD: July 13, 1871: The Colored Convention Project

A National Colored Convention

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Colored Conventions Project @ccp-org.bsky.social · 11/07/2026

OK next week - we swear! A little preview in the meantime... 👀 👀 👀

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Colored Conventions Project @ccp-org.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

Thanks for hanging with us this weekend for 180 posts on the Declaration of Independence! The Colored Conventions deeply believed in the power of saying these words aloud. We need to hear & heed them. Watch this space for grand NEW things coming this *week*!

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Andre E. Johnson @aejohnsonphd.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

On July 7, 1853, during the second day of the National Colored Convention in Rochester, New York, the committee on the Importance of Colored Persons Engaging in Commercial Pursuits. @ccp-org.bsky.social ther3project.substack.com/p/otd-july-7...

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OTD: July 7, 1853: The Colored Convention Project

National Convention Held in Rochester, New York, July 6-8, 1853

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Colored Conventions Project @ccp-org.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

“The struggle between the old and the new … is no longer a simple conflict between the two sets of industrial principles … but along race lines as well. The self-evident truths of the Declaration of Independence invading the old slave states, have divided the house against itself.” +

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Colored Conventions Project @ccp-org.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

“If it is a Bill for social equality, so is the Declaration of Independence, which declares that all men have equal rights; so in the Sermon on the Mount, so is the Golden Rules, that commands us to do others as we would that others should do to us”—Frederick Douglass” +

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Colored Conventions Project @ccp-org.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

“What benefit do we derive when men are placed in power who are in direct opposition to their execution? But to whom are we indebted for the rights we enjoy?”—Frederick Douglass” — 1872 National Convention of Colored People, New Orleans, LA omeka.coloredconventions.org/items/show/544

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Colored Conventions Project @ccp-org.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

“We have our thirteenth, fourteenth, and fifteenth amendments to the constitution, but that does not cover all the ground necessary to secure civil rights.”—Frederick Douglass” — 1872 National Convention of Colored People, New Orleans, LA omeka.coloredconventions.org/items/show/544

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Colored Conventions Project @ccp-org.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

“We have had the rights of American citizens since the year 1776. The Declaration of Independence gave us that right, for it says "all men were born free and equal."—Frederick Douglass” — 1872 National Convention of Colored People, New Orleans, LA omeka.coloredconventions.org/items/show/544

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Colored Conventions Project @ccp-org.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

“To this end, I invoke the spirit of our civilization; to this end, I invoke the sentiments of humanity; to this end, I invoke the spirit which inspired the Declaration of Independence; to this end, I invoke those divine sentiments” +

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Colored Conventions Project @ccp-org.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

“For the staunch and hearty recognition of the principle laid down in the Declaration of Independence—that "all men are created equal"—and that the thanks of the colored people are due to the press of the country generally, so far as they endorse the same principles.” +

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Colored Conventions Project @ccp-org.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

“In that great declaration of human rights proclaimed when our Republic was born…it was avowed that all governments derived their just powers from the consent of the governed.” +

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Colored Conventions Project @ccp-org.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

“We presented ourselves to the world in general, and to Great Britain in particular, as one people—not as States, nor as colonies, but as one united people” — National Convention of the Colored Men of America, January 13, 14, 15, and 16, Washington, DC omeka.coloredconventions.org/items/show/452

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Colored Conventions Project @ccp-org.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

“Now the question is, when did this nation begin to be? I assert, and am safe in asserting, that the first breath of life it ever drew was the Declaration of Independence” +

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Colored Conventions Project @ccp-org.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

“We should determine and insist upon it that a "republican form of government" is one deriving its powers from the consent of the governed—one in which taxation is the correlative of the right to be represented” +

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Colored Conventions Project @ccp-org.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

“These grievances belie the Declaration of Independence by which the American people profess to be governed.” — National Convention of the Colored Men of America, January 13, 14, 15, and 16, Washington, DC omeka.coloredconventions.org/items/show/452

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Colored Conventions Project @ccp-org.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

“Resolved, that we, the colored people … do recommend that said day be observed throughout this land as a proper time to celebrate the practical carrying out of the great principles enunciated in the Declaration of Independence.” +

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Colored Conventions Project @ccp-org.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

“The Great Proclamation whereby that deed of righteousness was accomplished fitly echoed and supplemented the Declaration of Independence. It became, at once, a new Magna Charter to the enthralled of the land.” +

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Colored Conventions Project @ccp-org.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

“Being men, we claim to be of that number comprehended in the Declaration of Independence, and who are entitled not only to life, but to equal rights in the pursuit and securing of happiness and in the choice of those who are to rule over us.” +

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Colored Conventions Project @ccp-org.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

“The wise men who established this republic did not hold any such doctrine; and if they did entertain such sentiments at all, they were wise enough, and careful enough, in the performance of the grand and noble work that fell to their lot, to rise above their prejudices” +

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Colored Conventions Project @ccp-org.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

“[The founders gave the] Declaration of Independence, and a Constitution for the United States, without a trace of such a weakness, without the stain of such an iniquity, that know no white man, no black man; but embrace in their God-like fold "ALL MEN," and are for the "PEOPLE.” +

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Colored Conventions Project @ccp-org.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

“Had assembled to… organize to labor, unitedly and successfully, to improve their condition, and secure for them those rights which the Declaration of Independence declares to be unalienable.” +

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