Robert Woodson
Robert L. Woodson, Sr. (born April 8, 1937 Philadelphia) is an American community development leader, and founder and president of the National Center for Neighborhood Enterprise (NCNE).[1][2]
Biography
In 1954, he joined the United States Air Force, and earned his G.E.D. He graduated from Cheyney University with a B.S., and from the University of Pennsylvania with a M.S.W.
He was a fellow at the American Enterprise Institute from 1977 to 1982.[3][4] In 1995, he resigned after the publication of Dinesh D'Souza’s The End of Racism.[5]
On February 8, 2003, his eldest son, Robert L. Woodson Jr., was killed in a car crash.[6] An award has been named for Woodson Jr. by the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development, where he had previously been employed before joining his father at NCNE.[7] Woodson Sr. also has a younger son Jamal, younger daughter Tanya, and older son Ralph.[6]
Awards
- 1990 MacArthur Fellows Program
- Washington Times Foundation American Century Award
- Kahlil Gibran “Spirit of Humanity” Award
- Headway Magazine Booker T. Washington Award
- Martin Luther King, Jr. Family Life Institute “Real Dream” Award
- Outstanding Public Service Award from the Georgia Coalition of Black Women, Inc.
- George Washington Honor Medal presented by the Freedom Foundation at Valley Forge
Works
- "Ganging Up for Good", The Washington Post, August 21, 2005
- Youth Crime and Urban Policy, A View From the Inner City, American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research, 1981, ISBN 978-0-8447-2210-8
- On the Road to Economic Freedom: An Agenda for Black Progress, Editor Robert L. Woodson, Regnery Gateway, 1987, ISBN 978-0-89526-578-4
- A Summons to Life, Mediating Structures and the Prevention of Youth Crime, Ballinger Pub. Co., 1981, ISBN 978-0-88410-826-9
- The Triumphs of Joseph: How Today’s Community Healers are Reviving Our Streets and Neighborhoods, Simon and Schuster, 1998, ISBN 978-0-684-82742-1
- Black perspectives on crime and the criminal justice system: a symposium, editor Robert L. Woodson, G. K. Hall, 1977, ISBN 978-0-8161-8039-4
References
- ↑ Princeton archives
- ↑ Center for Neighborhood Enterprise biography
- ↑ G. K. Hall, Black perspectives on crime and the criminal justice system: a symposium, National Urban League, 1977
- ↑ Steven Teles, 'Compassionate Conservatism, Domestic Policy, and the Politics of Ideational Change', in Crisis of Conservatism? The Republican Party, the Conservative Movement, & American Politics After Bush, Gillian Peele, Joel D. Aberbach (eds.), Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2011, p. 193
- ↑ Christopher DeMuth, Not quite the end of racism, The Wall Street Journal, November 03, 1995
- 1 2 Robert L. Woodson Jr., Community Group's Vice President, Dies, The Washington Post, February 11, 2003
- ↑ The Robert L. Woodson Jr. Award/
External links
- Appearances on C-SPAN
- Robert Woodson at the Internet Movie Database
- Works by or about Robert Woodson in libraries (WorldCat catalog)
- "Beyond Therapy: Q&A With Robert Woodson Sr.", Booker Rising
- An Interview with Robert L. Woodson
- "Robert L. Woodson", Answers.com, Caroline B. D. Smith
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