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
- Nov 30, 2021
- 2 min
A Virtual Evening with Nikki Giovanni: Conversation with a Legend
It was a real pleasure to serve as moderator for a live virtual Q and A session with the distinguished poet, essayist, and educator,...
Louis Venters
- Nov 2, 2021
- 1 min
UPCOMING: A Virtual Evening with Nikki Giovanni
I am so pleased to announce that I will be moderating a virtual conversation with renowned poet and educator Dr. Nikki Giovanni, hosted...
Louis Venters
- Jul 11, 2018
- 1 min
"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
- Sep 27, 2017
- 1 min
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, 2017
- 4 min
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
- Apr 8, 2017
- 5 min
Our Great and Fiery Tribulation
Apr. 8, 2017 Deflection. Deception. Disinformation. Disavowal. Duplicity. Sadly, these appear to be the new normal in the highest offices...
Louis Venters
- Dec 21, 2016
- 1 min
"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...
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
- Jun 15, 2016
- 2 min
"Be a Man": New Definitions of Masculinity Unfolding among Bosnian Youth
Here's a great little documentary (less than 9 min.) about the Be a Man Club in Banja Luka, Bosnia and Herzegovina. It profiles...
