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
- Sep 29, 2016
- 1 min
The Slave Dwelling Project: Shining a Light on Our Hidden History
I was really sorry not to be able to make it to the third annual conference of the Slave Dwelling Project earlier this month in Columbia,...
Louis Venters
- Sep 21, 2016
- 1 min
Fellow White Americans: Search Deep, and Grow Up
Fellow white Americans: By every conceivable measurement of human well-being, the lives of my two sons--and those of all others who look...
Louis Venters
- Aug 4, 2016
- 2 min
Opening of FMU's New Center for Health Sciences and Hopes for a Better Florence
This morning, Francis Marion University hosted a ribbon-cutting ceremony for the new Luther F. Carter Center for Health Sciences in...
Louis Venters
- Mar 15, 2016
- 2 min
On My Reading List: New Novel Evokes Jim Crow-Era Charleston & Interracial Cooperation
I just saw this glowing review of Michele Moore's The Cigar Factory: A Novel of Charleston (University of South Carolina Press, 2016) in...
Louis Venters
- Feb 19, 2016
- 1 min
Announcing Michael Twitty's New Book on the Culinary History of Black Southerners
Culinary historian Michael Twitty has just announced that his new book, The Cooking Gene: A Journey through African-American Culinary...
Louis Venters
- Feb 12, 2016
- 2 min
Mt. Zion School: Florence-area Treasure Highlighted by the National Trust for Historic Preservation
I was beyond pleased this moring to see this great interview on the website of the National Trust for Historic Preservation--the leading...
Louis Venters
- Feb 8, 2016
- 2 min
What I'm Reading: Race and Historical Memory
If you're like me, then you often find yourself with an embarrassment of riches in terms of good and important things to read online. Of...
Louis Venters
- Feb 5, 2016
- 3 min
Spiritual Capital & Historic Preservation: New Life for an Atlanta Neighborhood Important to Bah
The Atlanta Baha'i Center is not just one small faith community's place of worship; it is an important site in the history of...
Louis Venters
- Feb 5, 2016
- 4 min
"I Love You for Sentimental Reasons": Musical Lessons of Black Men's Abounding Love
Recently at the breakfast table I found my boys, ages 4 and 2, and their mama singing "The Lion Sleeps Tonight." They know the...
