July 2015 – Page 2 – Capital Outlook

Demolition Budget Doubles — Redevelopment Plans Continue

July 28, 2015

By Courtney Harris Outlook Writer On July 9, Tallahassee’s Community Redevelopment Agency unanimously approved to increase the demolition budget of the former downtown homeless facility after asbestos was found in several areas on the main floor. Established in 2004, the CRA’s Downtown Redevelopment initiative

Cooper, Executive Director of White House Initiative on HBCUs, Dies

July 28, 2015

By HBCU Digest Special to the Outlook George Cooper, a long-time HBCU administrator, former president of South Carolina State University, and primary liaison between the federal government and Historically Black Colleges and Universities, died Sunday, July 18. The native Tallahasseean was regarded as a policy expert on

FAMU Band Camp Returns After Four-Year Hiatus

July 28, 2015

By Andrew J. Mitchell, Jr. Outlook Writter For four years, Sam Houston High School band booster Patrise Harkless could not allow her high schoolers to participate in Florida A&M University’s Band Camp. The 2011 death of FAMU drum major Robert Champion led to the

FAMU Faculty Concerned About Salaries and Raises

July 28, 2015

[subtitle]One Faculty Member Took Concerns to Trustees in a Scathing Letter[/subtitle] By Christal Searcy Outlook Writer Florida A&M University President Elmira Mangum has lately been criticized for having poor communication with the institution’s trustee board. But trustees are not the only individuals at the university concerned

Kenyans Warn Obama: ‘Keep Off the Gay Agenda’

July 21, 2015

Special to the Outlook Five Kenyan lawmakers have threatened to eject President Barack Obama from Parliament if he tries to lecture them about same sex marriage during his upcoming visit. Member of Parliament Cecily Mbarire also urged the government to reject any aid if it

Are Black People Crazy . . . . . or What?

July 21, 2015

By Na’im Akbar, Ph. D. Clinical Psychologist (Retired) Special to the Outlook After spending over 40 years, researching, teaching, writing and studying the behaviors of African people, the mental health of Black People remains a mystery to me. The same questions that I began my career with are just as

Black Newspaper Revealed History of Fight Against Racist Emblem

July 21, 2015

By Hazel Trice Edney Trice Edney News Wire It was mid-summer 1992 when the Black airman of the Virginia Air National Guard walked into the Richmond Free Press newsroom and asked to see a reporter. After he placed the stack of photos on my desk, asked for anonymity and

Sims Changing Lives Just Like His Parents Did

July 21, 2015

By St. Clair Murraine Outlook Staff Writer When Ernie Sims, III decided to form a charity organization that he calls Big HITS Foundation, he wasn’t just trying to do what so many other former NFL players have done to give back to their communities. Instead, he

Watts, Wilson to Participate in NJCAA All-Star Game

July 21, 2015

By Karl Hunt, TCC Sports Information Four Tallahassee Community College Eagles have been selected for the 2015 NJCAA Women’s Basketball Coaches’ Association All-Star Weekend that will be held July 23-26 at Northwest Florida State College in Niceville, Fla. Two of those selected have decided to

Tallahassee Chapter of 100 Black Men Gives $20,000 to Local Scholars for School This Fall

July 21, 2015

Special to the Outlook The newly renovated Grand Ballroom on the campus of Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University (FAMU) was the venue for the annual Black Tie Scholarship Gala sponsored by the 100 Black Men of Tallahassee, Inc. This year, 12 young men and women were