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When
10 a.m. – 1 p.m., Feb. 14, 2025
Where
Douglass Day 2025
Help celebrate Frederick Douglass's birthday, also known as Douglass Day, an annual global transcribe-a-thon and a collective action for Black history. Thousands of participants come together at more than 100 simultaneous events around the world to transcribe materials of Black scholars and thinkers. The goal of this activity is to make archival and primary source material written by and about Black historical figures more accessible to more users. All you have to do is read a page and write the words that you see.
This year, the UA will transcribe the African American Perspectives Collection held by the Library of Congress. This collection includes speeches, sermons, biographies, narratives, and records from the history of Black political activism – including writing and materials by Frederick Douglass, Ida B. Wells-Barnett, Booker T. Washington, William Still, Angelina Grimké Weld – and many more.