Help make Black history more accessible! Join us to transcribe the historical documents of Mary Ann Shadd Cary.
Douglass Day is a nationwide program that honors the legacy of Frederick Douglass through collective action—transcription—with the goal of increasing the accessibility of Black scholars’ and activists’ written works. Transcribe-a-thon participants will gather in the library to work side by side on transcribing text from digitized archival materials relating to Mary Ann Shadd Cary (1823-1893), an anti-slavery activist, journalist, publisher, teacher, and lawyer who was one of the earliest Black women to edit a newspaper, serve as a Civil War recruiter, and attend law school.
The transcribe-a-thon will be held on Tuesday, February 14, on Raynor Library’s first floor. The transcription station will be staffed 9:00-11:00 a.m. and 3:00-5:00 p.m., but you're welcome to drop by anytime that day as your schedule allows.
Planning to attend? Please RSVP below.
Hosted by Raynor Memorial Libraries and the Ott Memorial Writing Center.