

Louis Venters
Nov 6, 20183 min read
White Americans, Whither the Country?
As a Baha'i, I consider voting in civil elections to be a sacred duty, one part of a life of service aimed at fostering justice, peace,...


Louis Venters
Jul 11, 20181 min read
"White People Us," by Justin Blackburn
Whoa! I'm not a poet, and I try not to curse quite as much as this guy, but his analysis of whiteness is pretty spot-on. I've been...


Louis Venters
Apr 26, 20181 min read
My New Book Is Almost Done!
This morning I received a draft copy of the cover of my new book, a brief introduction to the first century of the Baha'i Faith in South...


Louis Venters
Apr 16, 20181 min read
A New Way to Get No Jim Crow Church!
I'm delighted to announce that bahaibookstore.com, the online distributor for the Baha'i Publishing Trust in the United States, is now...


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
Sep 27, 20171 min read
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
Sep 13, 20174 min read
Lynching in New Hampshire and the "Judgments of the Lord"
As a professor of American history, I am under no illusions that our country's racial problems are new. Little in the headlines since...

Louis Venters
Jul 7, 20171 min read
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
Jan 11, 20171 min read
UPCOMING: Book Talk at Unitarian Church, Greenville, SC
This Saturday, January 14, 2017, I'll be speaking at the Unitarian Universalist Fellowship in Greenville, South Carolina, the city where...


Louis Venters
Dec 21, 20161 min read
"A Place Where the Skin I'm in Feels Like It's Supposed to Be"
Here's a new one (to me) from the Carolina Chocolate Drops, "Country Girl" from the album Leaving Eden (2012). I find this song and video...