#OTD in 1853 the 1st issue of The Provincial Freeman newspaper was printed in Windsor. It later moved to Toronto (1854) & Chatham (1855). Mary Ann Shadd was the driving force behind the paper. To read issues of the Provincial Freeman, please go to - ink.scholarsportal.info/pf

**Today’s the day**Join us today at 12:15 for a celebration of Black womens activist archives… youtube.com/@digblk?si=kGO…

Happening today from 12pm-3:15pm! Our friends at Black Women's Organizing Archive have put together a fantastic celebration of Black women's digitized repository collections. For details and to participate virtually head to: bwoaproject.org/events/dbwrd20…

Opening Keynote – Meta DuEwa Jones live now bwoaproject.org/events/dbwrd20… and youtube.com/watch?v=SSrm0b…

Did you know Elizabeth Catlett and Margaret Walker were roommates? Digitizing Black women’s papers always surfaces networks, collaborations, and influences notes Meta DuEwa Jones in her vibrant keynote for Black Women's Organizing Archive and Center for Black Digital Research 🖤 #DigBlk convening!

Now live with Artist, Scholar, Teacher, and Archivist Roundtable Discussion with Sharia Benn, Janel Moore & Jennifer Morris moderated by Center for Black Digital Research 🖤 #DigBlk Scholar Lauren Barnes Black Women's Organizing Archive

Janel Moore Almond, a leader in the PHL School District, talks about teaching conventions and the hidden curriculum—the gaps that primary records of Black organizing and writing fill in. She highlights the curriculum she creates with Colored Conventions for this Black Women's Organizing Archive convening.

Starting now: Closing Reading by DaMaris B. Hill bwoaproject.org/events/dbwrd20… and youtube.com/watch?v=SSrm0b… Black Women's Organizing Archive

We learn and lead in community. Thanking the organizers of Black Women's Organizing Archive's Black Women's Digital Records Day Shirley Moody-Turner, Kesla Elmore, Yolanda Mackey, Lauren Barnes, Carmin Wong, Sabrina Evans, Takina Walker, Kendra Napier-Fonash, Morgan Robinson of Black Women's Organizing Archive.

Did you miss the spectacular Digitize Black Women's Records Day? You can watch the video now at bwoaproject.org/events/dbwrd20… Black Women's Organizing Archive

What a day, what a day….the generous, guiding, life-giving words and work of DaMaris B. Hill, PhD, Jennifer Morris, Janel Moore-Almond, Sharia Benn, and Meta DuEwa Jones, Ph.D. rethinking/remixing/rewriting on how we work within and beyond the archives…Black Women's Organizing Archive Center for Black Digital Research 🖤 #DigBlk

Black Women's Organizing Archive's #DBWRD2024 was a success! So grateful to be in conversation with my mentor-poet-friends DaMaris B. Hill, PhD and Meta Jones, and all the other scholars, teachers, and archivist that joined us. The space was LITERALLY transformed by your presence, wisdom, and creativity.💖

Black Women's Organizing Archive Center for Black Digital Research 🖤 #DigBlk

Digitize Black Women's Records Day was nourishing! Black women scholars, artists, educators, and archivists shared their connections to Black women's archives, underscoring how access is more than digital matter, but part of nurturing our collective humanity. Bravo Black Women's Organizing Archive!