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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
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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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Center for Black Digital Research 🖤 #DigBlk @digblk.bsky.social · 15/06/2026

Check out @ccp-org.bsky.social's newest exhibit: Music in the Colored Conventions! Just in time for celebrating Juneteenth and Black Music Month.

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Center for Black Digital Research 🖤 #DigBlk @digblk.bsky.social · 30/04/2026

🎤Getting the word out: Application review will begin on Monday, May 4th. If you are interested, apply today! bit.ly/cbdr-ds26

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Center for Black Digital Research 🖤 #DigBlk @digblk.bsky.social · 23/04/2026

We'll begin reviews soon for a CBDR Data Scientist who will contribute their technical expertise to support projects involving digital collections, computational analysis, and Black digital humanities scholarship. Apply today! bit.ly/cbdr-ds26

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Center for Black Digital Research 🖤 #DigBlk @digblk.bsky.social · 03/04/2026

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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Center for Black Digital Research 🖤 #DigBlk @digblk.bsky.social · 13/02/2026

We've been at it since 10am! Going strong at Penn State Libraries at University Park transcribing for Douglass Day 2026 ALSO: a pop up exhibit of Black history materials from Special Collections! @douglassday.bsky.social

Posters from Special Collections from the NAACP collection inlcuding "Civil Rights is for everyone refardless of color" and Run DMC encouraging people to vote.

From Penn State Special Collections: Golden Legacy comic books.

From Penn State Special Collection: Issue from The Daily Christian Recorder (May 14, 1884), The Fighting Congressmen (1971), and The A.M.E. Zion Hymnal (1957)

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sweetsofsharon.bsky.social @sweetsofsharon.bsky.social · 13/02/2026

@douglassday.bsky.social Happy Birthday to Frederick Douglass! #douglassday

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Andrew McSorley @mchockey.bsky.social · 13/02/2026

#DouglassDay The beautiful cake in honor of Transcribe 2026 for Douglass Day at USM (university of southern Mississippi) @douglassday.bsky.social

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SUNY Geneseo @sunygeneseo.bsky.social · 13/02/2026

@douglassday.bsky.social were happily transcribing away this Douglass Day! (And enjoying cake in honor of his bday)

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Digital Newberry @digitalnewberry.bsky.social · 13/02/2026

Today we're celebrating #DouglassDay with @douglassday.bsky.social, students from Loyola Center for Textual Studies and Digital Humanities, and volunteers around the world. You could hear a pin-drop in the room during the powerful reading of “Why Hold a Colored Convention?” by Hassan El-Amin.

Participants at Douglass Day Transcribing event sitting at tables, with laptops, at the Newberry Library in Chicago.

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Courtney Murray Ross @cmross.bsky.social · 13/02/2026

Happy Douglass Day from folks at JMU in VA! Excited to enter the Great Douglass Day Bake off! #DouglassDay

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Hannah Alpert-Abrams @halperta.bsky.social · 13/02/2026

Happy Douglass Day to all who celebrate! our cake this year is a karpatka: a choux dough filled with bourbon pastry cream, cherry rosemary compote, and a layer of dark chocolate ganache. Brandy snaps around the edge spell out “happy bday!”. #DouglassDay @douglassday.bsky.social

A giant pile of dough and whipped cream on a cake plate, liberally dusted in powdered sugar.

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Brittany Paloma Fiedler @bpfiedler.bsky.social · 13/02/2026

Ho @douglassday.bsky.social this is @unlv.edu here at UNLV Libraries with a cake from Cake Designs Las Vegas featuring the cover page of the first Colored Convention in the West & a timeline of Black American History of the West…ending with our award winning cake from 2024!

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Chris Willoughby @antiquatedmeds.bsky.social · 13/02/2026

Celebrating the First Colored Conventions in the West with our @douglassday.bsky.social cake for @unlv.edu's annal celebration. The time line includes: 1. Pio Pico: Last Governor of California in Mexico 2. Buffalo Soldiers 3. Mary Ellen Pleasant 4. Harlem Renaissance Band

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Center for Black Digital Research 🖤 #DigBlk @digblk.bsky.social · 09/02/2026

Thrilled to have Chris Dancy @profdancy.bsky.social, Deja Workman @dejaworkman.bsky.social and Fitsum Sileshi Beyen thinking and building with us! 🎉

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Colored Conventions Project @ccp-org.bsky.social · 04/02/2026

Join our longtime satellite partner Dr. Andre E. Johnson @aejohnsonphd.bsky.social on the Feb. 21 for the “Sanctuaries of Struggle: The Colored Conventions and the Black Church as Social Movement" symposium. Schedule and more info: www.facebook.com/events/75634...

Black text on cream background with an image of a church's interior in the background. Sanctuaries of Struggle: The Colored Conventions and the Black Churhc as Social Movement, 1830-1890

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Center for Black Digital Research 🖤 #DigBlk @digblk.bsky.social · 29/01/2026

We're thrilled for the 9th annual Douglass Day global transcribe-a-thon: a day of collective action for Black history! We'll transcribe records of the Colored Conventions movement—3K docs on deck! 100+ groups are hosting events, including 10 Penn State campus libraries ▶️ douglassday.org/penn-state/

White text on dark blue background with light blue hyperlinked textand red highlights. Graphics include Penn State shield and B&W drawing of a Colored Convention convening. Date, time, and Penn State campus libraries listed that include: Abington, Altoona, Berks, Brandywine, Fayette, Greater Allegheny, Hazleton, Harrisburg, Schuylkill, and University Park.

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Center for Black Digital Research 🖤 #DigBlk @digblk.bsky.social · 22/01/2026

Get your Douglass Day 2026 stickers now!

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Douglass Day @douglassday.bsky.social · 22/01/2026

Our amazing Douglass Day 2026 stickers are now available for purchase and download! Click the link below and don't miss out on them!

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Graphics 2026 – Douglass Day

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Center for Black Digital Research 🖤 #DigBlk @digblk.bsky.social · 07/11/2025

Join us in celebrating the life and success of Frances E.W. Harper by helping to transcribe her records and preserve her enduring legacy! By joining the transcribe-a-thon, you will make Harper’s letters, essays, newspaper pieces, and published writing fully searchable and freely available worldwide.

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Center for Black Digital Research 🖤 #DigBlk @digblk.bsky.social · 07/11/2025

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Center for Black Digital Research 🖤 #DigBlk @digblk.bsky.social · 21/10/2025

Celebrating Frances E. W. Harper's rich & prolific life continues with UC Berkeley's Americanist Colloquium. Join the virtual #Harper200 Read-a-Thon on Tues., 10/21 at 11am PST/2pm MST/2pm EST. Want more details or learn how to host your own readathon? Visit: coloredconventions.org/read-harper-...

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The #Harper200 Nationwide Read-a-thon - Colored Conventions Project

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Center for Black Digital Research 🖤 #DigBlk @digblk.bsky.social · 01/10/2025

Harper 200 Symposium: What a weekend! Frances E. W. Harper got her due-and in so many ways she who mixed her words and actions into a legendary rue was honored in ways worthy of her. Thanks to everyone who made this weekend special! For those who couldn't join, stay tuned for recordings coming soon!

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Center for Black Digital Research 🖤 #DigBlk @digblk.bsky.social · 24/09/2025

Join us Friday 9/26 at 8:30 AM EST for this week's Feedback Friday session! This session will focus on strategies for getting great teaching evaluations from your students! Come and lend your experience to our community! #FacultyOfColor #BlackInTheIvory #BIPOCFaculty #FacultyDevelopment #digblk

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Center for Black Digital Research 🖤 #DigBlk @digblk.bsky.social · 24/09/2025

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Center for Black Digital Research 🖤 #DigBlk @digblk.bsky.social · 19/08/2025

We're just one month away! Here is a sneak peek at the 5️⃣ featured panels. More information at: coloredconventions.org/harper-200-s... #Harper200 @ccp-org.bsky.social

Frances E. W. Harper 200: Looking Back, Moving Forward
Headshots of all featured panelists. Presented by the Center for Black Digital Research/#DigBlk and the Africana Research Center.

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Center for Black Digital Research 🖤 #DigBlk @digblk.bsky.social · 26/08/2025

Welcome to #DigBlk News! This paper highlights just some of the amazing, and informative, Colored Conventions Project Digital Exhibits. These exhibits allow us to take a step back into history and gain insight into various key events. Here are just 5 of the amazing exhibits you can explore!

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Center for Black Digital Research 🖤 #DigBlk @digblk.bsky.social · 26/08/2025

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Center for Black Digital Research 🖤 #DigBlk @digblk.bsky.social · 22/08/2025

REFRESH FRIDAY! Please share with your folks through your channels. We'd love to be in community to commemorate Frances Harper. INFO: coloredconventions.org/harper-200-s... & digblk.substack.com/p/harper-200... @c19americanists.bsky.social @recoveryhubaww.bsky.social @modernlanguage.bsky.social

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Frances E. W. Harper 200 – Looking Back, Moving Forward, 1825–2025 - Colored Conventions Project

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Center for Black Digital Research 🖤 #DigBlk @digblk.bsky.social · 19/08/2025

We're just one month away! Here is a sneak peek at the 5️⃣ featured panels. More information at: coloredconventions.org/harper-200-s... #Harper200 @ccp-org.bsky.social

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Center for Black Digital Research 🖤 #DigBlk @digblk.bsky.social · 13/08/2025

Coming to Eisenhower Auditorium at PSU on September 19! The Artistry and Activism of Frances Ellen Watkins Harper brings Harper’s legacy to life for a new generation—reclaiming history, honoring resilience, and celebrating artistic activism. TICKETS ON SALE NOW: cpa.psu.edu/events/franc...

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Center for Black Digital Research 🖤 #DigBlk @digblk.bsky.social · 11/08/2025

“If you are talking about Philadelphia in this era & the work of women, you just have to mention Harper, you just have to.”—Dr. Sherita L. Johnson interview w/ the Philly @inquirer.com discussing Frances E. W. Harper's portrayal in “The Gilded Age." #Harper200 www.inquirer.com/entertainmen...

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The (not so) secret Philly history of ‘The Gilded Age’

LisaGay Hamilton plays Philadelphia poet, author, and suffragist Frances Ellen Watkins Harper in 'The Gilded Age.'

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Center for Black Digital Research 🖤 #DigBlk @digblk.bsky.social · 07/08/2025

"Dear Colleagues, Friends, and Family, We are excited to be hosting an in-person symposium on September 19-21–just days before Frances Harper’s 200th birthday. We invite you to attend in person!" #Harper200 Continue reading: open.substack.com/pub/digblk/p...

Flyers for symposium: Frances E. W. Harper 200: Looking Back, Moving Forward, 1825-2025. Friday, Sept. 19-Sunday, Sept. 21. Eisenhower Auditorium and Foster Auditorium. Hosted by the Center for Black Digital Research/#DigBlk and The Africana Research Center. Learn more and register at bit.ly/harper-200-symposium or by scanning the QR code.

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Center for Black Digital Research 🖤 #DigBlk @digblk.bsky.social · 29/07/2025

SAVE THE DATE: We are excited to co-host #Harper200 Sept. 19-21. We invite you to attend in person! The weekend festivities include a dance performance, scholarly panels, poetry readings, receptions, and more. Most events are free. Learn more & register at: coloredconventions.org/harper-200-s...

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Frances E. W. Harper 200 – Looking Back, Moving Forward - Colored Conventions Project

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Jim Casey @jimccasey1.bsky.social · 12/06/2025

Just getting started now with - "Digital Blackness: Collective Care, Community & Co-Creation Through the Colored Conventions Project, Douglass Day, and Carceral Algorithms" With Deja Workman, Eden Mekonen, and Denise Burgher! at the @ach.bsky.social virtual conference. Come through! #BlackDH

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Center for Black Digital Research 🖤 #DigBlk @digblk.bsky.social · 11/06/2025

📣Tune in to the “Digital Blackness” panel at #ACH2025 today (06/11) at 7p ET!📣 Panel will feature presentations from #DigBlk’s @dejaworkman.bsky.social, @weygudey.bsky.social‬, & @dburgher.bsky.social, and chaired by @jimccasey1.bsky.social‬. Register at ach2025.ach.org/en/

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Center for Black Digital Research 🖤 #DigBlk @digblk.bsky.social · 08/06/2025

#DigBlk will be presenting/facilitating at 2 #ACH2025 sessions! Tune in to the “Digital Blackness” panel on Wed 06/11 @7p ET, on @douglassday.bsky.social, @ccp-org.bsky.social & #THiCC projects & the "What the NEH ODH Has Inspired" Special Session w/ @scholarslab.bsky.social on Fri 06/13 @11:30a ET!

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Jim Casey @jimccasey1.bsky.social · 03/06/2025

It's a @digblk.bsky.social x @scholarslab.bsky.social joint! Did the illegal closure of the NEH impact your work? Come share at the ACH conference next week. Then let's think together about what comes next.

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Center for Black Digital Research 🖤 #DigBlk @digblk.bsky.social · 16/05/2025

Here at CBDR, our work is driven by teams of smart, talented, and dedicated students. Meet Keon, a #digblk scholar and PHD candidate working with the Colored Conventions Project. In addition to being a history research scholar at CBDR, he is a Bunton-Waller Fellow! Thank you Keon for all your work!

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THiCC PI @profdancy.bsky.social · 14/05/2025

We’ve been planning this and waiting to announce for a minute! Excited to be officially joining the community as a co-director!

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Colored Conventions Project @ccp-org.bsky.social · 14/05/2025

🔥NEWS🔥 #DigBlk is now swimming in the cross currents of humanities and new liberatory technologies, y’all!! Thank you, @profdancy.bsky.social, for joining the team at dig@digblk.bsky.social as our new co-director!

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Center for Black Digital Research 🖤 #DigBlk @digblk.bsky.social · 14/05/2025

Frances Ellen Watkins Harper, an avid activist and writer, was a powerful advocate for equality and a trailblazer at the Colored Conventions. From being the only woman delegate in 1858, to her last speech in 1873. Her speeches urged education, equality, and perseverance! Learn more about Harper here

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Home - Frances Ellen Watkins Harper at 200

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Home - Frances Ellen Watkins Harper at 200

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Center for Black Digital Research 🖤 #DigBlk @digblk.bsky.social · 14/05/2025

We are excited to share that Dr. Chris Dancy, Associate Professor of Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering, Computer Science and Engineering, and African American Studies, is joining the #DigBlk leadership team as its new co-director! digblk.psu.edu/2025/05/12/w...

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CBDR Announces New Co-Director, Dr. Chris Dancy - Center for Black Digital Research

CBDR Announces New Co-Director, Dr. Chris Dancy We are excited to share that Dr. Chris Dancy, Associate Professor of Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering, Computer Science and Engineering, and Afr...

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