Located in the Bay Creek community of Cape Charles, VA, the Woodson Center held a tremendous panel discussion centered around the latest book release, A Pathway to American Renewal: Red, White, and Black Vol II. Our featured panelists were Stephanie Deutsch, historian...
Woodson Center Announces: Archives of Bob Woodson to Be Housed at Pepperdine University Libraries
44-year Legacy of Woodson Center Will Be Available to Researchers WASHINGTON, DC - The Woodson Center on Tuesday announced that the archives of more than four decades of work by Bob Woodson and the Woodson Center will be housed at Pepperdine University...
Conservatives have what we need to transform America — here’s how to find it | Opinion
By Bob Woodson The Democratic stranglehold on the black and working-class vote has finally been broken, at least for the moment. A full-standing army of celebrities, entertainers, and mainstream media pundits were not able to bully Americans into disregarding...
WATCH: Woodson Center Discussion on the Civil Rights Movement | C-SPAN
Bob Woodson joined former judge for the U.S. Court of Appeals Janice Rogers Brown and 1776 Unites scholar Glenn Loury to discuss several topics covered in A Pathway to American Renewal: Red, White, and Black Volume II. In a panel moderated by Washington and Lee...
The Woodson Center Announces $2.1 Million Grant from the John and Daria Barry Foundation to Support Grassroots Heroes
WASHINGTON, DC - The Woodson Center today announced that the John and Daria Barry Foundation, established by John Barry, CEO and Chairman of Prospect Capital, is continuing its generous support of the center’s mission by contributing a $2.1 million grant to its...
Models, not manuals | Opinion
By Julia Nelson Handbooks and lectures rarely result in on-ramps to the “success sequence.” “Facing outward on the low bar, the gymnast performs a pike sole circle backward through handstand with flight and a half (180 degree) turn to hang on the high bar.” That is...
Sonya Massey’s killing demands better policing, not less police | Opinion
by Sylvia Bennett-Stone Trust continues to spiral downward between some of America’s most vulnerable communities — the ones most in need of good police protection — and the officers serving them. Last month in Springfield, Ill., Sonya Massey called 911 to get...
Journey to the Heart: VBMU Retreat (2023)
Journey to the Heart: VBMU Retreat In November 2023, Voices of Black Mothers United had the privilege of hosting its affiliate mothers in Costa Rica for their annual retreat. VBMU moms pour their lives into working to restore neighborhoods, support one another in...
How Black Voters Become Swing Voters | Opinion
Democrats have left a leadership vacuum, but Republicans need to make the case for themselves. By Robert L. Woodson Sr. As the presidential election approaches, low-income blacks are waking up and realizing that their allegiance to the Democratic Party is fatal to...
DEI Has Failed. It’s Time for Something Better | Opinion
By Robert L. Woodson Sr. Real victories are possible when we focus on solutions instead of grievances. What comes after “diversity, equity, and inclusion”? Hundreds of DEI programs are now falling out of favor across America. Far too many of those leading...