Louis Venters
Feb 6, 20171 min read
Publisher's Sale on No Jim Crow Church
In honor of Black History Month, the University Press of Florida is offering a substantial discount on titles related to African...
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
Sep 21, 20161 min read
Fellow White Americans: Search Deep, and Grow Up
Fellow white Americans: By every conceivable measurement of human well-being, the lives of my two sons--and those of all others who look...
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
Mar 15, 20162 min read
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 19, 20161 min read
Announcing Michael Twitty's New Book on the Culinary History of Black Southerners
Culinary historian Michael Twitty has just announced that his new book, The Cooking Gene: A Journey through African-American Culinary...
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
Feb 8, 20162 min read
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
Feb 5, 20163 min read
Spiritual Capital & Historic Preservation: New Life for an Atlanta Neighborhood Important to Bah
The Atlanta Baha'i Center is not just one small faith community's place of worship; it is an important site in the history of...
Louis Venters
Feb 5, 20164 min read
"I Love You for Sentimental Reasons": Musical Lessons of Black Men's Abounding Love
Recently at the breakfast table I found my boys, ages 4 and 2, and their mama singing "The Lion Sleeps Tonight." They know the...
