On August 8th, Woodson Center Founder Bob Woodson sat down with American Enterprise Institute president Robert Doar to discuss the 60th Anniversary of the March On Washington & where we go from here as we live in its aftermath. Session IV: A Conversation with...
Philanthropy Discussion featuring Woodson Center Founder Robert Woodson, Sr. Program Mar. Bradley Foundation Alicia Manning, and Sr. Fellow (Hudson Institute) Bill Schambra. Chapter 1: Why invest in grassroots leaders? Chapter 2: The Two Essential Qualities of...
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...
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...
By Johnetta Doss The St. Louis police officer on the phone confirmed my name, then asked, "Does your daughter see a dentist?" I knew it was something bad but never thought it was murder until the detectives asked to meet with me. Then I knew my baby was...
By Jessica Barnes I was changing clothes after singing at a funeral when I got the news that my son CJ was killed. He was 18 years old. It was December 31, 2018; I had just arrived home from church as CJ left the house with a friend to go less than a mile up...
Hulu’s ‘1619 Project’ series focuses on victimhood and ignores the achievements of African-Americans. By William A. Schambra and Bob Woodson The Hulu docuseries of “The 1619 Project” purports to “examine how the legacy of slavery shapes different aspects of...
https://youtu.be/3coPKUWaxqk In 2021, the Woodson Center celebrated 40 years of renewing and restoring communities across America and empowering ordinary people to transform their own lives and those of their neighbors. The victories won by Woodson Center and its...
My son, Walter, was just 21 years old when he was murdered. Our once peaceful neighborhood had erupted in a spree of senseless, mindless violence. Walter had gone to college. He had a stable job. He was a good kid. But none of that mattered. One day, he was shot down...
My daughter, Krystal Joy, was killed in 2004, caught in the crossfire of two gunmen while she was sitting in her car after pulling up to a gas pump. She was only 19. I've spent the past 17 years helping Black mothers deal with the grief of losing a child to senseless...
