LIA at Work 2018
What is our story? Read about the Parker Sydnor Historic Site and its progress so far. Full steam ahead! LIA […]
Literacy InterActives
NEW WEBSITE LAUNCHED 2019
We have launched a brand new website for LiteracyInterActives.org and brought over all the best articles and information from our […]
LIA at Work 2016/2017
This issue focuses on the connections among the National Museum of African American History & Culture, the Parker Sydnor Historic […]
FROM THE VIRGINIA FORUM TO VISITING WITH “THE OLD PLANTATION” PART 1
“The Old Plantation” ca. 1785-1790. Approx. 12″ x 18″ Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Folk Art Museum I’m recently back from […]
FROM THE VIRGINIA FORUM TO VISITING WITH “THE OLD PLANTATION” PART 2
Shames has well established that, in this instance, anonymous was not a woman. Having identified John Rose as a white male slaveholder, […]
2016 VIRGINIA FORUM – NEW FILM PREVIEW
Leather Shoemaking in the Shoemaker Shop in Colonial Williamsburg. Shoemakers arrived in America in 1610. The Virginia Forum is interdisciplinary […]
LIA at Work 2015
This issue gives the updates about the Virginia historical highway marker dedication ceremony, sponsored by LIA, that honored the life […]
THE SLAVE DWELLING PROJECT
Founded by Joseph McGill, The Slave Dwelling Project assists in identifying, documenting, and preserving extant slave dwellings. Working together with interested parties, The […]
2015 NATIONAL COUNCIL ON PUBLIC HISTORY
Who was Vicey Skipwith (ca.1856-1930) of Mecklenburg County, Virginia? Skipwith was the first once enslaved African American woman to buy the […]
PATRICK ROBERT SYDNOR LOG CABIN ON WIKIPEDIA
Associated with slavery, the Civil War, and Reconstruction in Mecklenburg County, Virginia, the Sydnor log cabin was a significant “home […]