On Tuesday, April 10, 2007, Bill Keyes, founder and president of the Institute for Responsible Citizenship, spoke at The Lincoln Institute Breakfast Forum at the University Club in Washington, D.C.

Jay Parker has known Bill for many years. He's another who got his “start” at The Lincoln Institute, when he stopped by one morning in 1979 and was given an assignment to research the Davis-Bacon Act and its effects on black Americans. His research on that issue and several others appeared in our quarterly journal Lincoln Review.  He went on to labor in the conservative vineyards for many years ... as a Capitol Hill staffer, an ACU lobbyist, a school choice activist, a White House staffer for President Reagan, founder of BLACK PAC and other activities.

Frustrated at the small number of black conservatives, Bill founded the Institute for Responsible Citizenship to bring the best and brightest black male college students to Washington, D.C. where they are immersed in intense instruction about America's founding and about free market economics.  We heard the amazing stories he tells about the kids that have participated in his program - many of whom are not conservatives when they start the program.

Pictures of the April 2007 Lincoln Institute
Breakfast Forum Featuring Bill Keyes