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Wow! Two years since the launch of the Woodson Center's #1776Unites initiative, and we have a LOT to celebrate.
Please join us in counting down some successes with our Founder @BobWoodson (thread):
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1776 Unites
@1776Unites
Independent voices focused on solutions to our biggest challenges in racial/socioeconomic adversity, education & culture. A @WoodsonCenter project #1776Unites
Washington, DC Katılım Şubat 2020
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The South Philly neighborhood of my childhood - during segregation- had black-owned businesses on every corner, church baseball teams, and elderly folks could walk safely without fear. "We were broke, but we were not poor." Poverty doesn't have to be depravity.
Watch our new series Resilience and Renewal| Episode 1: "The Turning Point" - youtu.be/o3Kgi32Bzwo?si…
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Communities decay when moral authority is barter for political power.
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Check out the new K-12 lesson on the Freedom House Ambulance Service: woodsoncenter.org/project/freedo…
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🚑Ever call an ambulance? Did paramedics come to your rescue? Thank Freedom House.🚨 Freedom House Ambulance Service: a groundbreaking #emergency medical program founded in Pittsburgh in the late '60s. #FreedomHouse paramedics became some of the first highly trained emergency responders in the country, and they delivered care directly in neighborhoods that had long been underserved. The program recruited local Black men who had been denied stable job opportunities and provided them with rigorous, cutting‑edge medical training. The program’s success helped shape modern Emergency Medical Services (EMS) nationwide. Check out our new, free K-12 Black History and Excellence lesson: woodsoncenter.org/project/freedo… Video clip: from "The Pitt", S1, E8
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The first episode of Resilience and Renewal is now live: youtu.be/o3Kgi32Bzwo?si…
In Episode 1, @BobWoodson shares about where it all began: from segregated #Philadelphia, to the #AirForce, to a juvenile jail where he had what he calls a “burning bush experience”.
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That was not only Jackson’s tragedy.
It reflected a larger national decline.
Communities suffer when truth is silenced to protect alliances.
The next phase of progress will not come through grievance, racial theater, or party loyalty.
It will come through truth, discipline, accountability, and courage.
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"Before Jesse Jackson became absorbed in partisan politics, he did speak for the least of these...His later
rhetoric stood in plain tension with the moral force of his earlier views."
Read @BobWoodson's latest op-ed in @WSJ: wsj.com/opinion/jesse-…
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With over 9M views, @WoodsonCenter has brought the free K-12 black history and excellence curriculum to life through these short, animated stories based on lessons of resilience and agency. We hope you share far and wide!
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Empowering stories. American Heroes. Meet black Americans whose tenacity and resilience enabled them to overcome adversity and make invaluable contributions to our country. These are stories of ambition, adventure, risk, and perseverance. Stories of American Heroes. Watch the animations here: youtube.com/playlist?list=…
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Imagine if a quarter of a billion dollars was invested in grassroots leaders—proven healing agents in their neighborhoods— & not pocketed by the elites that are far removed from our communities in need.
How would you invest in your community?
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"The future of the nation cannot be decided first in Washington, universities, or media studios. It will be decided in neighborhoods, churches, schools, and families, by whether we teach our children that they belong to something and therefore owe something to one another."
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"America’s greatest suffering is not political division. Americans are not morally dead — we are morally depleted. This is a moral exhaustion that sets in when people are exposed to constant moral conflict without clear resolution, no agency, and no shared victory."
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"A people united only by politics eventually fractures. A people united by shared moral purpose endures." Read my latest article: "Elites are fighting for power. Everyone else is fighting for meaning." washingtonexaminer.com/in_focus/44768… via @dcexaminer (sorry about the paywall)
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Members of our staff spent the weekend in Delaware for the 2026 @MidStatesCSS! It was wonderful to connect with educators from NY, PA, NJ, MD, & DE, and hear how well-received our free K-12 black history & excellence curriculum is in the classroom.
Our founder @BobWoodson was also honored as the keynote speaker for the conference, which was such a treat. Thank you to Jennifer @msjingold and the rest of the Middle States team for making us newcomers feel so welcomed!
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KNOW THEIR STORIES ⭐️ MEET OUR PIONEERING HEROES
In our final week of #BlackHistoryMonth, we're introducing you to those who were pioneers in their fields: From Bass Reeves, "wild west" peace officer and US Marshal, to Katherine Johnson, one of the "Hidden Figures" in the NASA space program, to the little-known town of Covert, Michigan, that organically integrated during the height of segregation.
Check out their lessons and others here: woodsoncenter.org/how-we-help/cu…
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As we celebrate the 50th anniversary of #BlackHistoryMonth, let’s remember the spirit of #DrCarterGWoodson. We don’t need more ‘courageous conversations’ from elites; we need to empower the grassroots leaders already transforming their neighborhoods from the inside out.
#BHM #civilrights
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📊 MEET OUR HEROES IN BUSINESS
From entrepreneurs to inventors, to philanthropists, activists, & slaves-turned-millionaires, meet some of the figures in #BlackHistory who showed courage, agency, & economic brilliance in the formation of the United States.
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I know the @WoodsonCenter has something special here because my kids didn’t say a single word during this entire video about Mary Caldwell Dawson. They loved it so much that we watched three more. Kudos to @BobWoodson and @IanVRowe for making these. Highly recommend.
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KNOW THE STORY ▶️ BOOKER T. WASHINGTON + THE ROSENWALD SCHOOLS
The school-building project for black communities that led to 5,000 schools 📖
The lesson: woodsoncenter.org/project/booker…
#bookerTwashington #BlackHistoryMonth
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KNOW HER STORY 📣MEET MARY CARDWELL DAWSON
The First Black Opera Impresario + Founder of the Negro Opera Company 🎼
Her lesson: woodsoncenter.org/project/mary-c…
#BlackHistoryMonth
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KNOW HIS STORY 📣MEET JESSE OWENS
4x Olympic Gold Medalist in 1936 Berlin Olympics 🏅
His lesson: woodsoncenter.org/project/jesse-…
#BlackHistoryMonth
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