This #BlackHistoryMonth, I invited you to join me at your computer screens to do something that sounds simple and maybe a bit dull if you aren't a 19th century historian like myself—to look at old documents and type the words you see. I'm thrilled that so many of you joined me. 
@TranscribeSI Maybe you captured a few words from an 1869 letter about a "Colored Orphans' Home" in the South. Or you typed an article from 1934 criticizing a D.C. ice cream parlor refusing to employ African American workers in an African American neighborhood. Your efforts make a difference.
@TranscribeSI @NMAAHC @USNatArchives @SmithsonianACM Transcribing brings the lives and stories within these brittle documents to light. Those of us doing the typing gain an appreciation for history while making documents more available to our researchers and anyone curious enough to do a Google search or browse our @TranscribeSI.
@TranscribeSI @NMAAHC @USNatArchives @SmithsonianACM This month, 385 new volunteers transcribed 2,636 pages of African American history.
Together we completed 78 entire projects launched on @TranscribeSI for #BlackHistoryMonth, double the number completed in past years.
Together we completed 78 entire projects launched on @TranscribeSI for #BlackHistoryMonth, double the number completed in past years.
@TranscribeSI @NMAAHC @USNatArchives @SmithsonianACM As #BlackHistoryMonth comes to a close, don't stop transcribing. Our Smithsonian Transcription Center regularly launches new projects with fascinating stories to unlock. Give @TranscribeSI a follow and click "sign up" on the website.
