Ok. I want to welcome everybody to this press conference. Im bob woodson, the president and founder of the woodson center. Were sponsoring the 1776 gathering today. We also want to welcome our new partners, the Washington Examiner. They will be publishing our essays on their website. One a day for the next 12 days. They have a wonderful editorial today. Also, all of our essays are listed on our website 1776united s. Com. You can read the essays. I also want to thank our sponsors. , who couldnt be here, but he has a representative, also, mr. Lawrence, one of our great supporters, who helped us do this. The reason that we are gathered is to address the 1619 project, the good news is that it has stimulated a much needed debate within the black community. The quality of life in the black community has been served over the past two centuries with the quality of the debate within. During the 19th century, there were three areas. One, there were those who believed in recolonization, that we s
Total cash prizes. The winners will be announced on march 11. Historians and scholars explored africanamerican history from 1776 to the present day at an event host bid the Woodson Center in washington, d. C. This is just over an hour. Ok. I want to welcome everybody to this press conference. Im bob woodson, the president and founder of the Woodson Center. Were sponsoring the 1776 gathering today. We also want to welcome our new partners, the Washington Examiner. They will be publishing our es says on their website. One a day for the next 12 days. They have run an editorial today. Also all of our essays are 1776unitedur website states. Com. You can read the essays. I also want to thanks thank our sponsors. The reason that we are gathered to address the 1619 project, the good news is that it has stimulated a much needed debate in the black community. The quality of life in the black kmoount has been served over the past two centuries with the quality of the debate within. During the 19t
Woodson center in washington, d. C. This is just over one hour. I want to welcome everybody to this press conference. Im bob woodson, resident and found of the woodson center. Were sponsoring the 1776 gathering today. We also want to welcome our new partners, the Washington Examiner. They will be publishing rsas on their website starting today, one a day for the next 12 days, and they have an editorial today. Also all of the hour essays are listed on their website, 1776 unites. Com. You can read the essays. Also want to thank our sponsors, greg coons who couldnt be your but has a representative and also jim forrest who is one of our great supporters to enable us to do this. The reason that we are gathered to address the 1619 project, the good news is that it has stimulated and muchneeded debate within the black community. The quality of life in the black community has been served over the past two centuries but the quality of the debate within. During the 19th century, latter 19th cent
Weeks ago. Reporter police say the man who opened fire on them. Vester lee flanagan also knew them. He was recently fired from the wdbj. The gentleman thinks that things tran spired and spiraling out of control. Reporter after the shooting flanagan fled the scene. In the aftermath he posted a video of the shooting. Police found his car at the roanoke airport. Flanagan then left the airport in a Chevrolet Sonic that he rented earlier in the month. Reporter flanagan fled north on i81 and then onto i 66 where a state trooper located him in Northern Virginia Fauquier County through a license plate reader. In your view how instrumental were the license plate readers in catching the suspect . License plate preceders are a great tool. The state police threw several others throughout the state and it helps. Reporter and that is what identified flanagans vehicle. When a state trooper tried to pull him over, he refused and police say he shot himself right there on i66. Now as far as the other pe
Could be ahead. I really do. We have the infrastructure and the Education System and the people and the entrepreneurial spirit is still out there. People want to be able to create a better life. All washington needs to do is create that environment. Washington does not create jobs but a can create the environment for success and the environment for failure. Right now theyre heading down the wrong track. There is an opportunity to take a new direction. Lets embrace it. Do not throw in the towel and say this is the new normal. What say we can do it, we always have. We will figure it out. It will require leadership and finding that common ground. Thank you. [applause] i would like to acknowledge the [inaudible] a fellow dartmouth alum. The best seven years of my life. I enjoyed every year. The state senator from district 20 is also here. I also wanted to thank him for being here. It is often said that lou would go to the opening of an ampulla. He would go to the opening of an envelope. A