

Do Not Come for St. Helena Island!
A great story on SC Public Radio a few weeks ago about a proposed golf course development on St. Helena Island got me hot! Here's my...
Louis Venters
Aug 31, 20231 min read


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
Aug 12, 20221 min read


Restoring penn center, Reclaiming Black history
Congratulations to Mr. Bernie Wright, fellow-member of the South Carolina African American Heritage Commission, who will serve as interim...
Louis Venters
Oct 11, 20213 min read

Seeing is believing: Understanding Empire and Early Abolitionism in Portuguese History
It was the map, overlaying the enormous countries of Angola and Mozambique on Europe, that initially intrigued me. Sometimes you really...
Louis Venters
Aug 30, 20212 min read

"Bind Ye the Broken with the Hands of Justice"
A couple of weeks ago at an interesting forum hosted by the SC Human Affairs Commission and the SC Collaborative for Race and...
Louis Venters
Oct 8, 20192 min read


UPCOMING: Association for the Study of African American Life and History (ASALH) conference in Charl
This week I'll be attending my first conference as a member of the venerable Association for the Study of African American Life and...
Louis Venters
Oct 2, 20192 min read


Have Book, Will Travel!
The History Press released my new book, A History of the Baha'i Faith in South Carolina, at the end of February, and I'm excited about...
Louis Venters
Oct 1, 20192 min read


"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
Jul 11, 20181 min read


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
Jan 31, 20181 min read


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 27, 20171 min read