Bob Woodson, rest in peace
Robert L. Woodson, a prominent civil rights activist and conservative author, passed away at the age of 89. He dedicated over sixty years to challenging the poverty industry and advocating for community-led solutions. Woodson's legacy includes founding the Woodson Center and his innovative approaches to reducing violence and empowering neighborhoods.
- ▪Robert L. Woodson died peacefully at the age of 89.
- ▪He founded the National Center for Neighborhood Enterprise, later renamed the Woodson Center, in 1981.
- ▪Woodson was known for his belief that those closest to a problem are best positioned to solve it.
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Robert L. Woodson, civil rights activist, community leader, and noted conservative author, died peacefully Wednesday at the age of 89. Woodson spent more than six decades challenging the poverty industry he believed exploited the very communities it claimed to serve. In 1981, he founded the National Center for Neighborhood Enterprise in Washington — later renamed the Woodson Center. “Bob Woodson was more than the founder of an organization,” the Woodson Center’s statement reads. “He was a visionary and civil rights leader whose life transformed countless communities from the inside out. For more than six decades, his life’s work rested on a single, unwavering conviction: that the people closest to a problem are best positioned to solve it.
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