Roundtables on Race:
Sep 09, 2022 |
Season 2, Episode 1: Historical Context and Contemporary Trends
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Season 2, Episode 1: Historical Context and Contemporary Trends
Season 2: Race and Voting Rights
Episode 1: Historical Context and Contemporary Trends
Roundtables on Race is back for its second season, taking a look at Race and Voting Rights. In the season premiere, host the Rev. Kathy Walker leads a discussion that takes a look back at the history of voting rights and how it compares with contemporary trends. She is joined by guests Professor Michael Bitzer, professor of politics and history at Catawba College in Salisbury, North Carolina; a contributor to OldNorthStatePolitics.com and the co-author of The New Politics of the Old South and The Future Ain't What It Used to Be; Professor Robert Korstad, emeritus professor of Public Policy and History at Duke University, and Professor Jemes Leloudis, associate dean for Honors and the Director of the James M. Johnston Center for Undergraduate Excellence at the University of North Carolina – Chapel Hill. Professors Korstad and Leloudis are the co-authors of Fragile Democracy: The Struggle Over Race and Voting Rights in North Carolina.
Episode 1: Historical Context and Contemporary Trends
Roundtables on Race is back for its second season, taking a look at Race and Voting Rights. In the season premiere, host the Rev. Kathy Walker leads a discussion that takes a look back at the history of voting rights and how it compares with contemporary trends. She is joined by guests Professor Michael Bitzer, professor of politics and history at Catawba College in Salisbury, North Carolina; a contributor to OldNorthStatePolitics.com and the co-author of The New Politics of the Old South and The Future Ain't What It Used to Be; Professor Robert Korstad, emeritus professor of Public Policy and History at Duke University, and Professor Jemes Leloudis, associate dean for Honors and the Director of the James M. Johnston Center for Undergraduate Excellence at the University of North Carolina – Chapel Hill. Professors Korstad and Leloudis are the co-authors of Fragile Democracy: The Struggle Over Race and Voting Rights in North Carolina.
