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Robert L. Woodson Sr

His social activism dates back to the 1960s, when as a young civil rights activist he developed and coordinated national and local community revitalization programs. During the 1970’s he directed the National Urban League’s Administration of Justice division. Later he served as a Resident Fellow at the American Enterprise Institute.

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Federalist Radio Hour1 episodeThe Learning Curve1 episode

Recent Episodes

The Learning Curve
The Learning Curve

Civil Rights Leader Bob Woodson on 1776 Unites & Race in America

This week on “The Learning Curve," co-hosts Cara Candal and Gerard Robinson talk with Robert Woodson, Sr., founder and president of the Woodson Center that supports neighborhood-based initiatives to revitalize low-income communities, as well as author and editor of the May 2021 book, Red, White, and Black. Woodson shares his background in civil rights advocacy, serving low-income neighborhoods fighting crime, educational inequity, and racial discord, including his involvement with the Urban League in the 1970s during Boston’s busing crisis. He offers thoughts on race relations in America after the murder of George Floyd, the call for defunding the police, and the ongoing struggles to reform the country’s larger urban school districts. They then turn to the 1776 Unites project, which he launched to counter the 1619 Project, to take a balanced approach to K-12 American history instruction.
Hosts:
Cara CandalGerard Robinson
Organization
Pioneer Institute

May 2021

Federalist Radio Hour
Federalist Radio Hour

Bob Woodson On Rejecting The Left’s Race-Obsessed Revisionist History

On this episode of The Federalist Radio Hour, civil rights veteran and founder of The Woodson Center, Bob Woodson joins Culture Editor Emily Jashinsky to discuss his book "Red, White, and Black: Rescuing American History from Revisionists and Race Hustlers" which is meant to counter the New York Times' 1619 Project. Woodson rejects the false premise that our history must be viewed through the lens of the systemic oppression of black people.
Host:
Emily Jashinsky
Organization
The Federalist