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Woodson

American  
[wood-suhn] / ˈwʊd sən /

noun

  1. Carter Godwin, 1875–1950, U.S. historian and publisher: pioneer in modern Black Studies.


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“It brings a little bit of old-school feel to it,” said Hall of Fame safety Charles Woodson.

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Woodson viewed the observance as a corrective—a temporary intervention designed to ensure black history would be taught throughout the year as part of American history.

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Woodson wanted history to be taught fully and honestly, not as separate observances.

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“If we see that 70% of households are raising children out of wedlock, that means 30% are not,” Mr. Woodson once told me.

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The veteran grassroots activist Bob Woodson has long argued that policymakers would do better to spend less time focused on the social pathology in low-income communities and more on people in those same communities who have beaten the odds.

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