Douglass Day 2025

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

Mark your calendar for the third annual Douglass Day Transcribe-a-thon @ Rowan hosted by the Center for Digital Humanities Research on February 14, 2025! Sign up to participate 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 related to Black History and make those materials more accessible and searchable online. This year we will transcribe documents from the African American Perspectives Collection in the Library of Congress. 

Friday, February 14, 2025
11am-3pm
Bunce Hall 252

All are welcome to participate. No prior experience is necessary. Lunch will be served. Bring your own laptop! Please feel free to share with students, faculty, staff, and community members.

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