Frederick Douglass Day Transcribe-a-thon

Join us for Douglass Day - A day of love & collective action for Black history!

Every Valentine’s Day, we invite you to a birthday party for Frederick Douglass. Although Douglass never knew his birthdate, he chose to celebrate every year on February 14th. We celebrate this date as a moment for creating Black history together.

In honor of his birthday, thousands of people gather each year to help create new & freely available resources for learning about Black history.

We invite you to participate with us in a national transcribe-a-thon featuring documents from the African American Perspectives Collection at the Library of Congress. 

We'll have laptops on hand or you can bring your own. We'll also have birthday cake and a livestream of the national celebration. Full schedule coming soon! 

In partnership with the Marian Cheek Jackson Center