Making and preserving history at UIC 📜 Members of the UIC community celebrated the life of Frederick Douglass on Feb. 14 with a "transcribe-a-thon" to digitize the writings of this trailblazing abolitionist and social reformer held by the Library of Congress. The UIC event was sponsored by the departments of Black Studies, Sociology and History and the UIC Library. A nationwide effort, Douglass Day makes important historical materials more easily accessible, promotes awareness of Black history