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Four urban students named 2017 math and science scholars

June 20, 2017

Council of the great city schools awards ExxonMobil Bernard Harris Scholarships Four graduating high school seniors have been selected by the Council of the Great City Schools(CGCS) to receive the 2017 ExxonMobil Bernard Harris Math and Science Scholarship. The students were chosen from several hundred applicants in big-city school districts

Jury convicts former U. S. Rep. Corrine Brown of mail and wire fraud

June 16, 2017

Special to the Outlook from Trice Edney News Wire A 12-member jury in Florida has convicted former U.S. Rep. Corrine Brown (D., Fla.) of mail fraud, filing false tax returns and conspiracy to commit mail and wire fraud. In all, Brown, a former member of the Congressional Black

Under Director Comey, FBI special agents were required to visit Dr. King’s memorial

June 16, 2017

FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover called King a communist because of his fight for civil rights By Frederick H. Lowe Trice Edney News Wire Former FBI Director James Comey, who was hired by President Barack Obama and fired by President Donald Trump, ordered the FBI’s new special agents to

Unpleasant surprise unveiled for West Africans in America – you’re deported

June 16, 2017

Special to the Outlook Ghanaians who have overstayed their U.S. visas are facing a new Trump Administration push to deport hundreds or thousands of Africans including those from countries stricken by the Ebola epidemic in 2014. That was the message from the U.S. Ambassador to Ghana, Robert Jackson,

Carnival Corporation CEO Arnold Donald tops list of global minority business leaders

June 6, 2017

CEO of world’s largest leisure travel company ranked first out of 100 global business executives on the 2017 EMpower 100 Ethnic Minority Leaders List EMpower 100 celebrates the work of Black, Asian and minority executives committed to workplace diversity and inclusion across businesses in U.S., Canada, U.K. and Ireland

Lydia Hudson elected President of Democratic Black Caucus

June 6, 2017

By Louis C Ward Special to the Outlook Lydia Hudson was elected president of the Democratic Black Caucus, Florida (DBCF) at its 35th Annual Conference Saturday, May 20 at the Rosen Centre in Orlando, Florida. Expressing his support for the DBCF, United States Senator Bill Nelson showed up

Attn. Gen. Sessions calls for return to mandatory minimum sentences associated with low-level drug crimes, mass incarceration

June 6, 2017

By Frederick H. Lowe Trice Edney News Wire Mandatory minimum sentences, which have been vilified by some as a war against African-American men, just got a strong push from the U.S. attorney general after a short-lived hiatus during the Obama administration, sparking angry objections by some, though it remains

Deadly Force: Cops look for answers in policing the mentally ill

June 6, 2017

By Kiara Burwell Trice Edney News Wire Taleah Everett, 20, a woman whose family members said suffers from psychotic episodes, was driving erratically two months ago near Capitol Hill in Washington, when Capitol Police, fearing a possible terrorist act, shot at her car to stop it. She was not

NAACP President Brooks saddened but not bitter after board’s refusal to renew his contract

June 6, 2017

Preacher and civil rights leader says he has no idea where he will go from here By Hazel Trice Edney Trice Edney News Wire NAACP President Cornell William Brooks says he is saddened and disappointed by the board’s decision to not renew his contract at the end of June,

Integration pioneers to be honored with state historical marker

June 6, 2017

A marker to commemorate U.S. Navy Band B-1 will be installed at 10 a.m. Saturday, May 27. Special to the Outlook CHAPEL HILL-The first African Americans to serve in the modern Navy at general rating will be honored with the dedication of a permanent historical marker on the