Louis Venters
- Sep 3
- 6 min
Race, Place, History, and Progress in SC's Baha'i Community
This is a bit late in coming as a blog post, but the sentiments are as fresh as they were last May. That's when I first heard that my...
Louis Venters
- Aug 31
- 1 min
Do Not Come for St. Helena Island!
A great story on SC Public Radio a few weeks ago about a proposed golf course development on St. Helena Island got me hot! Here's my...
Louis Venters
- Sep 14, 2022
- 3 min
South Carolina's Baha'i Movement, Past and Future
Baha’i communities around the world are embarking on a new Nine Year Plan set to last until 2031. As a part of the coordinated global...
Louis Venters
- Aug 26, 2020
- 2 min
My New Book Now Available at Bahaibookstore.com!
Since the onset of the global health crisis, like so many people in the United States and in other countries, new and challenging...
Louis Venters
- Feb 9, 2018
- 1 min
"Beyond Mother Emanuel and the Confederate Flag" Symposium at Francis Marion University
Today, on the 50th anniversary of the Orangeburg Massacre and two days after the murder of one of South Carolina's most prominent...
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
- 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 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
- Nov 8, 2016
- 1 min
Until the Last Task Is Done
"America's achievement in government, commerce, industry, science, and culture staggers the imagination. No less staggering are the evils...
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...
