

NPR on Martin Luther King in Kingstree, SC
Linton Weeks of National Public Radio (who last summer interviewed me for a story about the Baha'i Faith as the largest religious...

Louis Venters
Apr 3, 20152 min read


Jim Crow and American Protestantism: My Latest Piece for the Good Men Project
I'm pleased to share my latest piece for the Good Men Project, entitled "Jim Crow Is Still America's National Religion...But It Doesn't...

Louis Venters
Mar 31, 20151 min read
150th Anniversary of the Burning of Columbia: My Second Piece for the Good Men Project
I'm grateful that the Good Men Project picked up my recent essay, first published on this blog, about the burning of Columbia at the end...

Louis Venters
Mar 14, 20151 min read


The Burning of Columbia and the Persistence of Confederate Mythology
By the time my grandmother—in most other respects a thoughtful, reasonable, and flexible human being—was born in 1916, the orthodoxy...

Louis Venters
Mar 11, 20153 min read


UPCOMING: Florence Museum's Birthday Celebration for William H. Johnson
The Florence County Museum will celebrate the birthday of noted artist and Florence, SC native William H. Johnson on Sunday March 15,...

Louis Venters
Mar 9, 20151 min read


“He Who is the Mother”: Meditations on History and the Essence of God for Ayyám-i-Há
“He Who is the Mother, the Soul, the Secret, the Essence...” I just happened upon this striking essay-poem, “Mother's Name Unknown,” and...

Louis Venters
Feb 27, 20152 min read


UPCOMING: Aunt Pearlie Sue and the Gullah Kinfolk in Hartsville, SC
Sunday, February 22, at 4:00 p.m., People to People and the South Carolina African American Heritage Foundation present Aunt Pearlie Sue...

Louis Venters
Feb 10, 20151 min read
UPCOMING: Black History Program at Florence County Library
On Thursday, February 19, 2015, at 6:30 p.m. it will be my pleasure to participate in an observance of Black History Month at the Doctors...

Louis Venters
Feb 3, 20151 min read


MLK Holiday Celebration in Hartsville: Reflections on the Generational Effects of Racial Violence in
Many thanks to People to People, a local human relations organization, and all the participants in the annual Dr. Martin Luther King Jr....

Louis Venters
Feb 1, 20153 min read


UPCOMING: Interfaith Partners of SC at Florence Library
Tomorrow, Sunday, January 25, the Florence Branch of Interfaith Partners of South Carolina is hosting the second in a quarterly series of...

Louis Venters
Jan 25, 20151 min read