Follow our joint effort to digitize the papers of renowned black feminist scholar, educator and activist, Anna Julia Cooper.
State College, PA
Joined November 2019
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Anna Julia Cooper Digital Project retweeted
I ♥️ our @DigBlk @CCP_org teams! Today @jimccasey1 organized a meeting with the Library of Congress to learn more about their By the People as we deepen our 👉🏽 Douglass Day partnership with @Crowd_LOC on Mary Church Terrell👈🏾 papers!
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Richmond's Robert E. Lee statue was lit with the face of George Floyd and the letters 'BLM' last night
Anna Julia Cooper Digital Project retweeted
In the midst of nationwide protests and pain, Monday from 1-3, we bring Black organizations together from swing state PA for a roundtable on Black rights, Blk institution building and the #vote. Register and join us here: bit.ly/covidPAroundtable #DigBlk @aampmuseum @muralarts
Anna Julia Cooper Digital Project retweeted
After a long week, some good news:
Anna Julia Cooper's papers are now fully transcribed!
Deepest thanks to all who made this possible, past and present, from all of us at @DigitalCooper1 @MoorlandHU @the_zooniverse @CCP_org
youtube.com/watch?v=-SpanvQZ…
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In today's #UnityThroughCommunity event, Douglas Day 2020, join @DigitalCooper1 at @HowardU for a discussion on the writings of Julia Cooper. A visionary Black feminist!
#BlackHistoryDC
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1 hour into #DouglassDay ... and w're 38% of the way there to transcribing @DigitalCooper1 !!
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#DouglassDay 2020 at University of Tennessee Knoxville!
#annajuliacooper @DouglassDayorg @UTKLibDiversity
@UTKLibraries @katychiles
Anna Julia Cooper Digital Project retweeted
Did you know?
Black women created #BlackHistoryMonth
Just ask Mary Church Terrell: "It proves that I and nobody else established Douglass Day ... at a Board of Education meeting, Jan 12, 1897"
From our friends at @Crowd_LOC for #DouglassDay
>> Info: douglassday.org/history-of-d…
Anna Julia Cooper Digital Project retweeted
Feb 14th is #DouglassDay! As a collective act of love for Black History, Douglass Day has brought thousands of people together to learn about #BlackHistory and transcribe it! Thanks @NEH_ODH for support and funding. We Stand With the @NEHgov!
10. Happy Douglass Day!
Today we join #ODHFunded @ccp_org in celebrating the birthday of Frederick Douglass. 🎂
This year the project is hosting events to to help transcribe, read, and teach the papers of Anna Julia Cooper, a visionary Black feminist.
coloredconventions.org/dougl…
Anna Julia Cooper Digital Project retweeted
We are nearly ready for #DouglassDay2020 here at @psulibs. Come join us today from 12-3 in the Mann Assembly Room in Paterno Library. We have swag and chromebooks for you!
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Happy #DouglassDay2020 🎂@DouglassDayorg from @HaddonfieldHS #APUSH period 3 and thanks to Pat Walton for the beautiful birthday cake
Anna Julia Cooper Digital Project retweeted
Very much looking forward to celebrating #Douglassday 2020, discussing the great #FrederickDouglass and the fantastic Anna J. Cooper, one of the first black feminists - come along! @UCC at 5pm! @UCC_DH @DigitalCooper1 @yasradwan @jamescosullivan #transcribathon @DouglassDayorg
Anna Julia Cooper Digital Project retweeted
Happening now! Preparing for today’s Douglass Day transcribe-a-thon focused on Anna Julia Cooper in Founders Library
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My desk in @psulibs gets ready for @DouglassDayorg on Friday with our local poster. Excited!
Anna Julia Cooper Digital Project retweeted
It's not to late to organize your own #DouglassDay satellite transcription event. Check out this helpful webinar to find out how.
Thx to all who joined the Douglass Day 2020 Preview!
The webinar video is now on Youtube: youtube.com/watch?v=V483ukGT…
Tips on hosting - 3:30
Transcribing overview & demo - 15:00
Resources & troubleshooting - 42:00
Ways to help people who get stuck - 48:00
Anna Julia Cooper Digital Project retweeted
Next Friday, Feb 14th from 12-3pm EST:
Help transcribe Anna Julia Cooper's papers with @douglassdayorg @CCP_org and @DigitalCooper1!
All details - including where to find your local celebration & instructions on how to host your own - can be found here: douglassday.org/
Anna Julia Cooper Digital Project retweeted
Can't tell you how happy we are to welcome @akasorority1908 to #DouglassDay this year!
We're throwing a party Feb 14 to celebrate #BlackHistoryMonth with a program featuring the life & legacy of AKA' own @DigitalCooper1.
Anna Julia Cooper Digital Project retweeted
NEW ONLINE: We have just made available newspapers edited by Frederick Douglass , the African American abolitionist who escaped slavery and became one of the most famous orators, authors & journalists of the 19th century. MORE: blogs.loc.gov/headlinesandhe…
Anna Julia Cooper Digital Project retweeted
New @librarycongress digital collection online just in time for @DouglassDayorg commemorations on Feb. 14! Since 2017, our friends @CCP_org have organized Douglass Day crowdsourcing to celebrate black history. Learn how to join in this year: douglassday.org/kit-2020/
NEW ONLINE: We have just made available newspapers edited by Frederick Douglass , the African American abolitionist who escaped slavery and became one of the most famous orators, authors & journalists of the 19th century. MORE: blogs.loc.gov/headlinesandhe…
Anna Julia Cooper Digital Project retweeted
Calling for volunteers!
Our friends at @DigitalCooper1 are almost ready to share their brand new crowdsourcing project for this year's #DouglassDay.
But we need a few good friends to help us test it out this week.
DM us if you're interested?
