Louis Venters
- Apr 8, 2017
- 5 min
Our Great and Fiery Tribulation
Apr. 8, 2017 Deflection. Deception. Disinformation. Disavowal. Duplicity. Sadly, these appear to be the new normal in the highest offices...
Louis Venters
- Feb 22, 2017
- 1 min
Training the Next Generation of Public Historians in South Carolina
Special thanks to Michael Bedenbaugh, intrepid executive director of the Palmetto Trust for Historic Preservation, for visiting my...
Louis Venters
- Feb 14, 2017
- 3 min
Charleston School District Set to Demolish Historic Black School Building in Favor of Home Depot
Thanks to Joseph McGill of the Slave Dwelling Project for sharing this blog post from our historic preservation colleague Brittany...
Louis Venters
- Feb 10, 2017
- 3 min
Just in Time, a New Reconstruction Era National Monument
On this Martin Luther King Day, I am happy to add my voice to the chorus that has been thanking the Obama Administration for the...
Louis Venters
- Feb 10, 2017
- 2 min
Smalls Appointed to Federal Commission Preserving Gullah Heritage
Please join me in congratulating Ms. Victoria Smalls, Director of Development and Public Relations at Penn Center on St. Helena Island,...
Louis Venters
- Feb 6, 2017
- 1 min
Publisher's Sale on No Jim Crow Church
In honor of Black History Month, the University Press of Florida is offering a substantial discount on titles related to African...
Louis Venters
- Jan 30, 2017
- 3 min
What Is Happening in the United States?
As a Baha'i I attempt to adhere scrupulously to my faith's prohibition on involvement in partisan politics. To make a long story short, a...
Louis Venters
- Jan 11, 2017
- 1 min
UPCOMING: Book Talk at Unitarian Church, Greenville, SC
This Saturday, January 14, 2017, I'll be speaking at the Unitarian Universalist Fellowship in Greenville, South Carolina, the city where...
Louis Venters
- Dec 21, 2016
- 1 min
"A Place Where the Skin I'm in Feels Like It's Supposed to Be"
Here's a new one (to me) from the Carolina Chocolate Drops, "Country Girl" from the album Leaving Eden (2012). I find this song and video...
Louis Venters
- Nov 25, 2016
- 1 min
The Origins of Thanksgiving: "To Heal the Wounds of the Nation"
It's really not about Pilgrims and Indians, y'all. Especially this year, with Natives from all over the continent suffering such...
