Louis Venters
- Jan 31, 2018
- 1 min
READING LIST: Steven Hahn's "A Nation Without Borders"
This arrived in the mail yesterday, and after perusing the prologue just now, man oh man, am I looking forward to reading this! I...
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
- 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...
Louis Venters
- Feb 8, 2016
- 2 min
What I'm Reading: Race and Historical Memory
If you're like me, then you often find yourself with an embarrassment of riches in terms of good and important things to read online. Of...
Louis Venters
- Nov 7, 2014
- 1 min
Finally Telling the Other Half: A Taste of Baptist's New Book on Slavery & Capitalism
WOW! It's not every day in the historical profession that you get so much truth packed into a few thousand words. Coming up on my...
Louis Venters
- Oct 12, 2014
- 1 min
Grand Opening of the New Florence County Museum
This morning the boys and I went to the grand opening of the new Florence County Museum. While the museum first opened in 1936, today was...
