Woodson Center Mini-Grant helps Brenda Muhammad save lives. We are thrilled to shine a spotlight on Brenda Muhammad, a one-year mini-grant recipient and Executive Director of Focusing Our Resources for Community Enlightenment (FORCE), a volunteer-driven nonprofit...
Ibram X. Kendi’s Center Was Doomed From the Start | Opinion
By Robert L. Woodson Sr. {Ibram X. Kendi, the author of "How to be an Antiracist," founded Boston University's Center for Antiracist Research in the summer of 2020.Tommaso Boddi/Getty Images} Ibram X. Kendi’s Center for Antiracist Research at Boston University appears...
OPINION | LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Lesson will work
By Reverend Jesse Turner Editor, The Commercial: No matter how thin the pancake is, it has two sides; therefore, the Woodson Center Lesson teaches our scholars the whole story of Black History, the good, bad, and ugly. Teachers across the country love teaching...
CAN Story: The Woodson Center is Proud to Announce a New Year of Mini Grants
We are thrilled to share the transformative impact your support has had on underserved communities nationwide! Thanks to your unwavering commitment, the Woodson Center is proud to announce a new year of mini grants. This month, we will be awarding grants to...
The ‘Dream’ Unravels: 60 Years After the March on Washington | Opinion
By Robert L. Woodson Sr. Sixty years ago, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. inspired and exhorted a throng of 250,000 who had gathered on the National Mall for the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom and delivered his iconic “I Have a Dream” speech. A crescendo of his...
CAN Story: Reverend Willie F. Peterson, Center for Community Empowerment
“If a kid can’t read, they will most likely end up in prison.” - Reverend Willie F. Peterson Rev. Peterson has been an integral part of the Woodson Center's Community Affiliate Network (CAN) for over 25 years. He serves as the Pastor of the New Birth Kimmelbrook...
It’s Time To Tell The Story of Black Success, Not Black Victimhood | Opinion
BY ROBERT WOODSON SR. AND JOHN SIBLEY BUTLER, OPINION CONTRIBUTORS When we remember great black American leaders of the 20th century, we think of Martin and Malcolm. But for far too long, we’ve forgotten about Marcus. And among those who do remember Marcus Garvey, too...
Our Grit and Fortitude Help to Make America the Best It Can Be | Opinion
By Bob Woodson July 4, 1776, will always be a date remembered as a time when a divided American people, living in different states, with differing interests, came together for a grand cause: the fight for rights, independence and liberty. There is so much value in...
CAN Story – Aummett Page
I wanted the youth to experience a new and different environment away from their crime-ridden, violent neighborhoods, gifting them time to breathe fresh air, unplug from technology, and enjoy the wonders of nature.- Aummett Paige, AAMPOE Aummett is the founder of...
Laurence Jones raised $52 at his own lynching. Why don’t you know who he is? | Opinion
By Robert Woodson & Will Crossley As schools, corporations, and government agencies all over the country celebrate Juneteenth, the commemoration of the ending of slavery, many will be reminded of and saturated with horrific stories that black people had to face...