CCP Presents at HASTAC 2019
CCP project manager Lauren Cooper presented at the HASTAC conference in Vancouver, British Columbia on “Coming Home: Critical Curation, Participatory Archive Building” and highlighted how we can use digital technologies to construct and reorganize archives in order to better represent those outside of the traditional record.
Iowa’s Colored Convention Project Featured in IowaNow
We are pleased to share this news coverage featuring the work of our first satellite partner at the University of Iowa.
UI class uncovering little-known aspect of black history in Iowa
“Why Hold a Colored Convention?” Dramatic Reading
We are proud to present a new CCP production: Frederick Douglass, “Why Hold a Colored Convention?” performed by Hassan El-Amin.
CCP Presents at AAIHS 2019
This month CCP project members presented at the 2019 African American Intellectual History Society conference in Ann Arbor, Michigan. This year the focus of the conference was “Black Internationalism – Then and Now.”
Video – Reflections on the Importance of the Humanities
On Humanities Advocacy Day, we share this video of CCP project members share their thoughts on the importance of the humanities.This includes the role the federal government’s National Endowment of the Humanities plays in making our histories – including Black history – available for all of us.
CCP Presents Playing Cards!
After much anticipation, today we are proud to introduce CCP playing cards!
Douglass Day 2019 – Save the Date!
See below for pdf version of poster:
Words of Influence Contest for Young Writers – Douglass Day 2019
CCP announces “Words of Influence Contest for Young Writers 2019.”
CCP Presents at AADHUM 2018
This month CCP project members presented at the African American History, Culture, and Digital Humanities (AADHUM) conference at the University of Maryland - College Park. The focus of the conference was "Intentionally Digital, Intentionally Black." ...
The Colored Conventions Project, Douglass Day and the Black Women's Organizing Archive
are flagship projects of the Center for Black Digital Research, #DigBlk, at Penn State University.
The Colored Conventions Project appreciates the support of:



The Colored Conventions Project was launched & cultivated at the University of Delaware from 2012-2020.











