Dr. Theodore Foster on Bayou to Beltway this week, focusing on voting, inclusion, and the Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities grant to the Lafayette Public Library.
This week on Bayou to Beltway, Dr. Theodore Foster, an assistant professor in the University of Louisiana at Lafayette History Department, addresses the controversy following the Lafayette Public Library Board's refusal of a LEH Grant that would have created a public discussion about voting. Dr. Foster, who was part of the original grant, examines why this issue has particular relevance for African Americans and other minorities, in an America that too often finds reasons to limit voting by those who aren't white or affluent. Dr. Foster discuss voting rights as one of the rights enshrined in the Constitution, but often given short shrift compared to speech, assembly and religion.