Karice Luck-Brimmer

Karice Luck-Brimmer is a Community Initiatives program associate responsible for supporting the History United Advisory Council in southern Virginia and the General Assembly African American Cultural Resources Task Force. Working primarily in the Dan River/Danville region, Karice collaborates with local community members to sustain a strong network of cultural organizations committed to positive change. Karice is a public historian and genealogist who has done extensive research on the Pittsylvania County area. She is the founding president of the Danville/Pittsylvania County Chapter of the Afro-American Historical & Genealogical Society (AAHGS) and a governor-appointed member of the Virginia Board of Historic Resources.

Karice “Ressie” Luck-Brimmer is an Independent Public Historian and genealogist based in Southside Virginia. She started Our History Matters as a way to bridge the gap between historic preservation and marginalized communities that are often left out of the narrative.

With over 20 years of experience as a genealogist, she’s documented the lives of most African American families in Danville, Pittsylvania County, and surrounding areas. As she was growing up, she always had a deep desire to learn and know where she came from and how she was connected to others in her community.
Her grandfather referred to everyone as cousins, curiosity drove her to study the kinships. Known as the community historian, after one conversation with her, you will most likely leave her presence knowing something about your ancestors and how they lived.

Her goal is to expose the locals and greater public to the contributions made by African Americans their regions. She made this happen by interviewing and collecting the oral histories of the people who lived through historic moments.
She feels, “what better way to do this is by getting the real stories from eyewitnesses?” Most of these omitted histories are historic treasures just waiting to be found. As a tour guide, she provides tours in her local area.
She loves exploring new places and finding spaces that are unique to the African American history in her region.