Facilitators: Mac Jackson and Kate Topham

On September 24th, 1883, Frederick Douglass gave a speech, “Why Hold a Colored Convention?” to argue that Black organizing was just as important in the post-Civil War era as it had been before emancipation. In this workshop, join us to celebrate Black activism across history as we analyze over 100 transcripts from Colored Conventions held across the country in the 19th century. Participants will learn basic computational text analysis concepts as well as hands on experience using tools and analyzing results. We will focus on Voyant, an open source, browser-based text analysis tool designed to be flexible, exploratory, and user-friendly.

This workshop is presented in conjunction with Douglass Day. Join us on February 13th to transcribe historical documents, add to the CCP corpus, and celebrate Black history!