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
- 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
- Feb 22, 2017
- 1 min
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
- 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
- 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
- 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...