

Louis Venters
May 30, 20172 min read
What Kind of Country?: Redsicovering the Interracial Heart of Memorial Day
Yesterday among the many Memorial Day tributes I saw on social media, I was particularly struck by one from the Reconstruction Era...


Louis Venters
Apr 8, 20175 min read
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, 20171 min read
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, 20173 min read
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, 20173 min read
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, 20172 min read
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, 20171 min read
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, 20173 min read
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, 20171 min read
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, 20161 min read
"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...