RESEARCHING HISTORY
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Community and Family History
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The Alexandria Black History
    Museum, Alexandria, Virginia
In 1939, Alexandria built the Robert
Robinson Library after a "sit-down
strike" by five young African
American men in the city's Whitesonly
Queen Street Library. African
Americans used the new, segregated
library until desegregation in the
early 1960s. After desegregation,
the building was used for various
community service programs.
Today, the Robert Robinson Library
forms an integral part of the
Alexandria Black History Museum.
www.alexblackhistory.org

Arlington African American Heritage
    Museum, Arlington County, Virginia
Director Craig Syphax, whose
family has lived in Virginia since
at least the Civil War, guides
Arlington-area families as they
stitch together the complex stories
and traditions of the county.

Char McCargo Bah,
    Fredericksburg, Virginia
Char McCargo Bah, a native
of Alexandria, Virginia, is
a professional genealogist.
She serves as historian at
the Virginia Genealogical
Society and is a longtime
member of the Afro-American
Historical and Genealogical
Society's executive board.

Harvey Bakari,
    Williamsburg, Virginia
Harvey Bakari is Director of
African American interpretation
at Colonial Williamsburg. He is
also a visual artist, musician, and
an actor/interpreter. He presents
often-forgotten stories of black
Americans who contributed to
the American Revolution.

Abdoulaye Camara,
    Senegal, West Africa
Abdoulaye Camara, historian and
archeologist, is Curator-in-Charge
of Senegal's National Museum
(Cheikh Anta Diop Institut de
l'Afrique Noire.) For many years,
Dr. Camara was the curator of the
History Museum of Goree Island.

Colonial Williamsburg,
    Williamsburg, Virginia
In Colonial Williamsburg, the
restored eighteenth-century capital
of Britain's American colony, the
Colonial Williamsburg Foundation
operates the world's largest
living history museum. Colonial
Williamsburg's Historic Area
features hundreds of meticulously
restored, reconstructed, and
historically furnished buildings.
Costumed interpreters tell
the stories of the men and
women who made up the city's
population. www.history.org

Liz Finn, Kent Archives,
    Canterbury, Kent, England
Liz Finn became an archivist
in 1986 and worked in the
Oxfordshire Archives, now the
Oxfordshire Record Office, until
1999. For the past two years, she
has coordinated local history talks
for the Centre for Kentish Studies.
www.kentarchives.org.uk

Julius Fuller, Hampton, Virginia
In 1954, Julius Fuller graduated
from Hampton University, where
he was a member of Omega Psi
Phi, Gamma Epsilon Chapter. He
has since served as senior advisor to
young men in the fraternity, passing
on the values of brotherhood,
ethics, and community service.

Historic Jamestowne, Jamestown,
    James City County, Virginia
Historic Jamestowne is owned
and managed by a private-public
partnership of the Association
for the Preservation of Virginia
Antiquities and the National Park
Service. Historic Jamestowne plays
a key role in the preservation,
protection, and promotion of the
site of the first permanent English
settlement in North America.
www.historicjamestowne.org

Jamestown Settlement, Jamestown,
    James City County, Virginia
The Jamestown Settlement tells
the story of the first large-scale
meeting of Europeans and Native
Americans. Gallery exhibits and
an introductory film highlight
the Powhatan, European, and
African cultures that came
together in seventeenth-century
Virginia. www.historyisfun.org/Jamestown-Settlement.htm

Pamplin Historical Park and
    The National Museum of
    the Civil War Soldier,
    Petersburg, Virginia
On 422 acres, the Pamplin
Historical Park preserves four
historic buildings, four museums,
and the Petersburg Breakthrough
Battlefield, a National Historic
Landmark. The park interprets life
in the antebellum South and the
impact of the Civil War on civilians,
the life of the common soldier in
the Civil War, and the Petersburg
Breakthrough on April 2, 1865.
www.pamplinpark.org

Virginia Raye, Alexandria, Virginia
Virginia Raye graduated from
Virginia State University in
Petersburg, Virginia, where she
was an active member of Delta
Sigma Theta, an African American
sorority founded at Howard
University. In Northern Virginia,
Raye shares stories of African
American Greek-letter traditions at
the historic Alfred Street Church.

Paula Royster,
    Fredericksburg, Virginia
Paula Royster is the founding
President and Chief Executive
Officer of the Center for African
American Genealogical Research.
The center is the only organization
in the world that provides a
physical location for African
Americans to conduct and get
help with genealogical research,
learn valuable computer skills,
and contribute to knowledge of
American history. www.caagri.org

Smithsonian Anacostia
    Community Museum, Sperryville
    and Richmond Virginia Projects
The Smithsonian Anacostia
Community Museum has long
been involved in interpreting
and documenting history and
culture from the community
perspective. Community historians
James D. Russell of Sperryville
and Benjamin Ross of Sixth
Mount Zion Baptist Church
in Richmond worked with
museum staff to produce a video
documentation project about
family, community, and church
history. www.anacostia.si.edu

Historic Archaeology
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Enid Allison,
    Kent, England
Enid is the environmental
archaeologist at the Canterbury
Archaeological Trust. Her areas
of expertise include identifying
vertebrate (especially bird) and
invertebrate animal remains
from archaeological sites
throughout Britain. She also
works with the trust's education
department on public events.
www.canterburytrust.co.uk

Amanda Danning,
    Bay City, Texas
Amanda Danning is a sculptor,
painter, and woodworker whose
pieces are on permanent display
in more than a dozen museums.
While at the Festival she will
reconstruct the face of one of
the original 1607 settlers.

Marion Green,
    Kent, England
Marion Green manages and
participates in the Archaeology
in Education Service of the
Canterbury Archaeological Trust.
Green's duties include working
with trainee teachers, school
children, and students; in-service
training; writing; and helping to
produce resources for teachers.
www.canterburytrust.co.uk

Jamestown 2007 Community
    Program, Jamestown,
    James City County, Virginia
As part of the 400th anniversary
commemoration of Jamestown,
communities that represent every
region of Virginia are participating
in the Virginia 2007 Community
Program. Special programs and
legacy projects range from
creating new museums, heritage
trails, visitor centers, and
recreational areas to producing
special exhibits, concerts, plays,
and festivals that invite visitors
to "Come Home to Virginia."
www.americas400thanniversary.com

Mariner's Museum,
    Newport News, Virginia
The Mariner's Museum is one
of the largest maritime history
museums in the world. Over 60,000
square feet of gallery space honor
the pioneer spirit of those who
took to sea. www.mariner.org