Transcribe Black History With Us: Frances Ellen Watkins Harper on February 22, 2026

Join us for our ongoing Transcribe-a-thon Series, where we gather in community to make Black history more visible, searchable, and accessible. This session will focus on the writings and speeches of Frances Ellen Watkins Harper and the historic records of the Colored Conventions Movement.

Frances Ellen Watkins Harper was a poet, abolitionist, suffragist, and intellectual force whose words shaped 19th-century Black political thought. Her work—alongside the proceedings of the Colored Conventions—documents how free and formerly enslaved Black communities organized nationally to advocate for education, civil rights, economic justice, and collective liberation.

During this interactive session, participants will:

• ✍🏾 Transcribe original historical documents
• 📜 Engage primary source materials from Black political history
• 🖥 Contribute to digital preservation efforts
• 🤝 Build community through collaborative scholarship

No prior experience is required. Whether you are a scholar, student, genealogist, creative, or community historian, your participation helps transform fragile archival materials into accessible digital texts for researchers, educators, and future generations.

RSVP to a 40-minute session of your choice. Please include your email address when registering to receive event-day access details and participation instructions.

This is more than transcription—it is an act of recovery, remembrance, and resistance.

Come transcribe. Come witness. Come build the archive with us.

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