Louis Venters
Aug 20, 20192 min read
"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, 20181 min read
"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, 20171 min read
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, 20161 min read
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, 20162 min read
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, 20162 min read
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
Dec 1, 20141 min read
Appointment to SC African American Heritage Commission
It is my real honor to have just been appointed as an ex officio member of the South Carolina African American Heritage Commission,...
Louis Venters
Oct 19, 20142 min read
Symposium on the Civil Rights Act at 50
This past Tuesday evening it was my pleasure to moderate a panel discussion with three distinguished scholars as part of a symposium on...
Louis Venters
Oct 13, 20141 min read
Upcoming: Program on the 50th Anniversary of the Civil Rights Act of 1964
Tomorrow, October 14, 2014 Francis Marion Univeristy's McNair Center for Research and Service will host a program commemorating the 50th...
