The Rev. Jesse Turner has expressed gratitude for helping complete a strategic plan and taking part in selecting a limited-authority board for the Pine Bluff School District.
Recently, PBICVR (Pine Bluff Interested Citizens for Voter Registration Inc.), a Community Affiliate Network (CAN) member, and Arkansas lead NAFJ PEN OR PENCIL affiliate supported by Pastors on Patrol, Relyance Bank, Dutch King, and the Little Rock Central High School National Historic Site carried a group of scholars from Pine Bluff, Watson Chapel, and Dollarway high schools to Philander Smith College in Little Rock to the 65th commemoration of the Little Rock Nine.
Pine Bluff is manipulating boundaries or gerrymandering the electoral map to favor their incumbent friends. The "approved" map recently presented late to the public was stated to be on the city's website.
Robert Woodson to retire as president of Woodson Center after 40 years 84-year-old civil-rights pioneer will serve as president emeritus Follow Us
Question of the Day By Valerie Richardson - The Washington Times - Thursday, July 29, 2021
Robert L. Woodson Sr., a pioneer in civil rights and community development, announced Thursday his retirement as president of the Woodson Center during the organization’s 40th anniversary celebration at the Capital Hilton in Washington, D.C.
Mr. Woodson, 84, said he will take the role of president emeritus while the board launches a search for the next president of the center, a non-profit, non-partisan research institute that promotes free-market initiatives to turn around troubled communities.