Douglass Day 2024

Douglass Day Transcribe-a-thon, a Digital Humanities Event

Wednesday, February 14
11am - 3pm
Business Hall 104
Event Flyer

Join us on Wednesday, February 14 for Douglass Day, an interactive transcribe-a-thon hosted by Rowan’s Center for Digital Humanities Research.

All are welcome to participate. Lunch will be served. Please feel free to share with students, faculty, staff, and community members. Bring your own laptop! Register for the event here.

Douglass Day is a hands-on digital humanities event that marks the birthday of Frederick Douglass, the renowned African American abolitionist, writer, reformer, and statesman. Each year, thousands of participants come together to transcribe documents and create freely accessible online materials to teach and learn about Black history. This year we will transcribe Frederick Douglass's letters from the Library of Congress. 

This event is sponsored by the College of Humanities and Social Sciences (CHSS), History, Africana Studies, English, CINDS, Student History Association, and RCHGHR.