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Douglass Day Transcribe-A-Thon In-Person

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 Join us to transcribe the historical documents of Mary Ann Shadd Cary.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.

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Date:
Tuesday, February 14, 2023
Time:
All Day Event
Time Zone:
Central Time - US & Canada (change)
Library:
Raynor
Categories:
  General Library Event  
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Elisa Coghlan