Louis Venters
- Aug 20, 2019
- 2 min
"Where Is the White Professor Located?"
It's the first day of the fall semester at my university, and my thoughts have been turning, as they often do, to the nature and purpose...
Louis Venters
- Nov 27, 2017
- 2 min
Embracing the "Corridor of Shame"
The case was filed in 1993, when I was still in high school. Abbeville County School District v. State of South Carolina, brought by 39...
Louis Venters
- Nov 1, 2017
- 1 min
Holiday Sale from University Press of Florida!
I'm pleased to share that my excellent publisher, the University Press of Florida, is again running a holiday sale on my book, No Jim...
Louis Venters
- Sep 27, 2017
- 1 min
How's This for a Patriotic Display?
Good gracious God! Looking for a quick and easy way to tell if NFL owners really care about black lives or are just in it for the money?...
Louis Venters
- Jul 7, 2017
- 1 min
White Americans: There Are No Innocent Bystanders
My friend, a young African American man, was beaten up by police and arrested yesterday in the Charleston area after being stopped for...
Louis Venters
- May 30, 2017
- 2 min
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...