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 26, 20162 min read
Happy 100th Birthday to "America's Best Idea"!
This week the National Park Service turns one hundred years old, and it's making me all mushy inside just thinking about it! The National...
Louis Venters
Jul 29, 20152 min read
UPCOMING: Association for Baha'i Studies in Southern California
I'm happy to be heading next week to the 39th annual conference of the Association for Baha'i Studies in Orange County, California. The...
Louis Venters
Jul 27, 20152 min read
In Memoriam: Hon. Elaine O. Harris
At the most recent meeting of the South Carolina State Board of Review of the National Register of Historic Places, I learned that a...
Louis Venters
Jun 16, 20153 min read
Congratulations to the Winners of the 2015 S.C. Historic Preservation Awards
I wasn't able to attend the presentation at the State House, but I wanted to add my hearty congratulations to those honored this year...
Louis Venters
Feb 1, 20153 min read
MLK Holiday Celebration in Hartsville: Reflections on the Generational Effects of Racial Violence in
Many thanks to People to People, a local human relations organization, and all the participants in the annual Dr. Martin Luther King Jr....
Louis Venters
Jan 15, 20153 min read
One River, One Boat: When Have We Ever Heard So Much about a Gubernatorial Inaugural Poem?
South Carolinians are used to hearing plenty of less-than-positive news about their state in the media, local and national. Some of it is...
Louis Venters
Dec 1, 20141 min read
Capoeira Recognized as Part of the Irreplaceable Cultural Heritage of Humanity
UNESCO, the cultural arm of the United Nations system, has recently inscribed capoeira, the distinctive Afro-Brazilian martial art, on...
Louis Venters
Dec 1, 20141 min read
Appointment to SC African American Heritage Commission
It is my real honor to have just been appointed as an ex officio member of the South Carolina African American Heritage Commission,...
Louis Venters
Nov 5, 20141 min read
“There Are 100 Women in Congress for the First Time Ever”... And There Is Still a LOT of Work to Do!
This morning, the first after the 2014 elections, I noticed this arresting headline: "There Are 100 Women in Congress for the First Time...
