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SAVE THE DATE for Douglass Day 2025, with a read text block. Features a dozen black and white images from the Library's Historical African American Perspective collection,

Join the Douglass Day Transcribe-a-thon on February 14

Posted by: Carlyn Osborn

Today’s guest post is from Lauren Algee, a Senior Digital Collections Specialist & By the People community manager at the Library of Congress. On February 14, the Library of Congress transcription program By the People will celebrate the legacy of Frederick Douglass with a virtual transcribe-a-thon of rare books and manuscripts related to African American history. …

Three suffragettes stand defiantly in the rain with a banner asking "MR. PRESIDENT, WHAT WILL YOU DO FOR WOMEN'S SUFFRAGE?"

Celebrating Six Years of By the People

Posted by: Carlyn Osborn

Another incredible year made possible by volunteers  Happy New Year to all our Signal blog readers and to all our By the People crowdsourced transcription program volunteers! Every year, the By the People team publishes a “happy birthday to us” blog post right here on the Signal (you can check out previous years’ editions here …

A Happy New Year to You, featuring red copyright stamp

What’s New Online at the Library of Congress: 2024 Wrap-Up!

Posted by: Carlyn Osborn

Happy 2025 to all of our Signal subscribers! In this special edition of “What’s New Online at the Library of Congress,” we’re looking back on some of our new digital collections releases in 2024. Do you have a favorite digital collection or item at the Library? Leave us a comment below and stay tuned for …