Pervasive wrongdoing can activate community ‘antibodies,’ local leaders and groups that tackle local problems. By Robert L. Woodson Sr. I was born in segregated Philadelphia in 1937. When I was growing up amid ruthless discrimination, the young and elderly could still...
The Day of National Concern was created to encourage students to acknowledge the importance of their own choices when it comes to breaking cycles of violence in their communities by choosing to solve conflict in...
In this history lesson, you will learn about the epic life and exemplary character of Biddy Mason, a woman who was born into slavery in the Deep South, walked to California as part of a pioneer caravan, fought for her...
In this history lesson, you will learn about the ingenuity and entrepreneurial spirit of Elijah McCoy, a prolific inventor who held 57 patents, mostly on designs related to locomotives. Born in Canada and educated in...
In January 1863, President Lincoln’s Emancipation Proclamation went into effect, and the Union Army began recruiting Black Americans to fight the Civil War. Thousands answered the call. Soldiers of the 54th...
Having experienced the profound racial disparities in the rural South firsthand, writer and education reformer Booker T. Washington (1856-1915) dreamed of a school-building project for Black communities that could help...
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...
With over 100,000 downloads, our free #curriculum—featuring inspiring stories of #blackhistory and excellence— has empowered students from all walks of life to be agents of their own uplift. Our lessons have been taught in...
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...
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...
