Louis Venters
Mar 31, 20151 min read
Jim Crow and American Protestantism: My Latest Piece for the Good Men Project
I'm pleased to share my latest piece for the Good Men Project, entitled "Jim Crow Is Still America's National Religion...But It Doesn't...
Louis Venters
Mar 9, 20151 min read
UPCOMING: Florence Museum's Birthday Celebration for William H. Johnson
The Florence County Museum will celebrate the birthday of noted artist and Florence, SC native William H. Johnson on Sunday March 15,...
Louis Venters
Feb 10, 20151 min read
UPCOMING: Aunt Pearlie Sue and the Gullah Kinfolk in Hartsville, SC
Sunday, February 22, at 4:00 p.m., People to People and the South Carolina African American Heritage Foundation present Aunt Pearlie Sue...
Louis Venters
Feb 3, 20151 min read
UPCOMING: Black History Program at Florence County Library
On Thursday, February 19, 2015, at 6:30 p.m. it will be my pleasure to participate in an observance of Black History Month at the Doctors...
Louis Venters
Jan 18, 20151 min read
UPCOMING: MLK Day Celebration in Hartsville
Tomorrow, Sunday, January 18, 2015 at 3:00 p.m., People to People of Hartsville, SC, will present its annual Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr....
Louis Venters
Nov 21, 20141 min read
UPCOMING: Penn Center Civil Rights Symposium, Nov. 21-22, 2014
I can't even say how happy I am to have been invited to participate in the Penn Center Civil Rights Symposuim this weekend! Penn Center,...
Louis Venters
Nov 7, 20141 min read
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 25, 20141 min read
In Honor of Alonzo Twine: My First Piece for the Good Men Project
Just in time for the 100th anniversary of the death of Alonzo Twine this Sunday, October 26, 2014, my first piece for a great site called...
Louis Venters
Oct 19, 20142 min read
Symposium on the Civil Rights Act at 50
This past Tuesday evening it was my pleasure to moderate a panel discussion with three distinguished scholars as part of a symposium on...
Louis Venters
Oct 13, 20141 min read
Upcoming: Program on the 50th Anniversary of the Civil Rights Act of 1964
Tomorrow, October 14, 2014 Francis Marion Univeristy's McNair Center for Research and Service will host a program commemorating the 50th...