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CCU students participate in the making of history for Women’s History Month

Coastal Carolina University students had an opportunity to not only celebrate but also participate in Women’s History Month in a virtual, productive way.

Transcription Jam: the Papers of Mary Church Terrell took place Wednesday, March 27, from 4-6 p.m. in the Edwards Digital Commons, Room 106.

Sarah Lozier-Laiola, assistant professor of digital culture and design within the Department of English, organized this first-ever crowdsourcing event on the CCU campus to allow students to have a hand in making and preserving history.

Students of all majors transcribed the handwritten letters, speeches and writings of suffragist and civil rights advocate Terrell (1863-1954). Terrell was the first black woman appointed to the District of Columbia Board of Education, the founding president of the National Association of Colored Women, and one of the founders of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP).

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