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Colored Conventions
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Colored Conventions Project is a collective that brings 19th-century Black organizing to digital life through archives, digital exhibits, and more.

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Check out the work of @adamrothman.bsky.social! We're glad to see you at #DouglassDay! Check out his work! gufaculty360.georgetown.edu/s/contact/00...
February 13, 2026 at 9:15 PM
The chancellor of @ucsantabarbara.bsky.social greets worldwide transcribers for #DouglassDay. It is a full circle moment for us! He is the former president of the University where we launched. We thank chancellor Dennis and Eleni Assanis for their steadfast support and leadership.
February 13, 2026 at 8:27 PM
Dr. Daina Ramey Berry, Dean of Humanities and Fine Art at @ucsantabarbara.bsky.social, greeting the 8000 people worldwide transcribing at #DouglassDay @douglassday.bsky.social. Her research and leadership is legendary. We thank her for both.
February 13, 2026 at 8:21 PM
We want to highlight the work of Dr. Daina Ramey Berry, Dean of the College of Humanities and Fine Arts. Thanks for coming to Douglass Day. Thanks for your research and leadership! Please check out her work!
@ucsantabarbara.bsky.social www.hfa.ucsb.edu/deans-office
February 13, 2026 at 8:18 PM
Join our longtime satellite partner Dr. Andre E. Johnson @aejohnsonphd.bsky.social on the Feb. 21 for the “Sanctuaries of Struggle: The Colored Conventions and the Black Church as Social Movement" symposium.
Schedule and more info: www.facebook.com/events/75634...
February 4, 2026 at 5:54 PM
Want to learn more about Sarah Loguen Fraser and the pharmacy she ran as the first woman doctor in the Dominican Republic? Check out our exhibit on Black Wealth! coloredconventions.org/black-wealth...
March 5, 2025 at 9:21 PM
The Colored Conventions movement was one of the longest campaigns for civil rights in US history, from 1830-1900s

Black communities organized 600+ state & national conventions to fight for Black civil rights and freedom—voting, legal, labor & educational rights

Learn more: ColoredConventions.org
November 14, 2024 at 5:18 PM