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History From the Old Brick Church

History From the Old Brick Church

Auteur(s): St. Luke's Historic Church & Museum
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Take a journey through history with a new podcast from St. Luke’s Historic Church & Museum, hosted by John Ericson. Join the conversation with scholars and historians to tackle subjects like race, women’s history, and constitutional law. Explore how the pursuit of religious freedom in colonial America has shaped our modern life. Tune into History from the Old Brick Church Podcast today! Podcast made possible by a grant from the Virginia Humanities Foundation.© 2025 History From the Old Brick Church Art
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  • Episode 30: Sacred Remembrance
    Jun 30 2025

    Sacred Remembrance: In this episode St Luke’s Executive Director John Ericson interviews Chadra Pitman about her work in remembering the victims of the Trans-Atlantic slave trade. The discussion covers the many slave codes of the 17th century Virginia Colony and how they divided the labor class according to skin color thus creating the social construct of race.


    Chadra Pitman is an Anthropologist, Human Rights Advocate, Remembrance Celebration Coordinator, Public HIstorian and the Executive Director of the Sankofa Project. Chadra holds a B.A. in Anthropology from George Mason University and a Masters of Anthropology of Peace and Human Rights from the University of Alabama at Birmingham. Chadra’s publications include; “Mother of the Movement: Remembering Bambara and the ‘African Bones’ in the Briny Deep,” and “If Bones Could Speak.”

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    47 min
  • The future of St Luke's
    Jan 29 2025

    In this episode St Luke's Executive Director John Ericson discusses an exciting new tour opportunity that will allow for both onsite and offsite visitation, the 250th anniversary of the American Revolution, and a conversation about sacred sites and messy history.

    John Ericson is the Executive Director of St Luke's Historic Church & Museum. A graduate of Roanoke College and the Lutheran Theological Seminary at Gettysburg. He has worked up from Docent to Executive Director over his tenure of nearly 12 years at St Luke's.

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    30 min
  • Sleeping with the Ancestors: Joseph McGill and the Slave Dwelling Project.
    Oct 30 2024

    In this episode John Ericson, the Education Coordinator at St Luke's and Host of the Old Brick Church Podcast, interviews Joseph McGill. Joseph is the founder and Director of the Slave Dwelling Project that seeks to offer a more inclusive narrative about our Nation's founding. Joseph and other members of his team have slept at plantations and other sites to highlight the stories of the Enslaved and ensure that their memories and legacies are preserved. Joseph is the Co-Author along with Herb Frazier of "Sleeping with the Ancestors; How I Followed the Footprints of Slavery."

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    41 min

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