Louis Venters
- Aug 31, 2023
- 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
- Aug 12, 2022
- 1 min
Have book (and timely message), will travel!
Now that the public health situation in most areas is permitting more in-person gatherings, I'm eager to return to talking with people...
Louis Venters
- Oct 11, 2021
- 3 min
Restoring penn center, Reclaiming Black history
Congratulations to Mr. Bernie Wright, fellow-member of the South Carolina African American Heritage Commission, who will serve as interim...
Louis Venters
- Feb 3, 2020
- 1 min
UPCOMING: Book Talks in Beaufort, SC
Friends, family, and coworkers in and around Beaufort, SC, please join me for two book talks in the heart of Reconstruction in America...
Louis Venters
- Nov 4, 2019
- 1 min
UPCOMING: Book Talks on Sidelines of SHA Conference in Louisville
This weekend I'll be traveling to Louisville, Kentucky, for the annual conference of the Southern Historical Association (SHA), and local...
Louis Venters
- Oct 8, 2019
- 2 min
"Bind Ye the Broken with the Hands of Justice"
A couple of weeks ago at an interesting forum hosted by the SC Human Affairs Commission and the SC Collaborative for Race and...
Louis Venters
- Oct 1, 2019
- 2 min
Have Book, Will Travel!
The History Press released my new book, A History of the Baha'i Faith in South Carolina, at the end of February, and I'm excited about...
Louis Venters
- May 30, 2017
- 2 min
What Kind of Country?: Redsicovering the Interracial Heart of Memorial Day
Yesterday among the many Memorial Day tributes I saw on social media, I was particularly struck by one from the Reconstruction Era...
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
- Feb 10, 2017
- 2 min
Smalls Appointed to Federal Commission Preserving Gullah Heritage
Please join me in congratulating Ms. Victoria Smalls, Director of Development and Public Relations at Penn Center on St. Helena Island,...
