June 2016 – Page 2 – Capital Outlook

“Optimist or Pessimist? You decide!”

June 24, 2016

By Taralisha M. Sanders Special to the Outlook Never stopping to realize the blessing that has already taken place, we oftentimes wake up worrying about what the day will bring. We think about things that are beyond our control and suddenly find ourselves in a state of deep despair.

From Black power to green power

June 24, 2016

By James Clingman George Curry Media Have you ever wondered what happened to Black Power? Remember the days of the clinched fist, the afro, the dashiki, and black berets? Remember Stokely Carmichael, Angela Davis, Huey P. Newton and Bobby Seale, Eldridge Cleaver, H. Rap Brown, and the Black Panthers?

Hillary makes history breaking through the glass ceiling

June 24, 2016

By Roger Caldwell Special to the Outlook “Tens of millions of Americans made their voices heard. Today I just want to add mine. I don’t think there’s ever been someone so qualified to hold office,” President Obama said in a video endorsement. At 68, Hillary Clinton welcomed the vote

Muhammad Ali did not ‘transcend’ race

June 24, 2016

By Julianne Malveaux Trice Edney News Wire Muhammad Ali was, among other things, a proud Black man. He embraced his Blackness, and often referred to it. He is often quoted for saying he had no quarrel with the Vietcong, but less frequently quoted for saying, in the very next

NAACP should be fighting for Black parents, not against them

June 24, 2016

By Wevlyn Graves Special to the Outlook I have a serious problem with the NAACP, and if other Black parents knew what the NAACP was doing, they’d have a serious problem too. The NAACP is trying to end a scholarship program that is helping 78,000 low-income children,

Tallahassee mourn victims of Orlando nightclub shooting

June 21, 2016

By Haley Proctor Outlook writer The hastily arranged Sunday evening gathering on Lake Ella was telling. The crowd of about 200 people came together to mourn victims of a mass shooting at Pulse night club in Orlando. The Sunday morning shooting at the popular gay club claimed the life of

Joint credit union initiative opens as Frenchtown Financial Opportunity Center

June 21, 2016

By St. Clair Murraine Outlook Staff writer With its grand opening set for July 11, backers of the Frenchtown Financial Opportunity Center (FFOC) are brimming with optimism that the credit union will grow over the long haul. The presidents of FSU and Envision credit unions, which are partnering on

Mercer, Byrd took different paths to heavyweight careers

June 21, 2016

By St. Clair Murraine Outlook staff writer Ray Mercer and Chris Byrd were two Olympics apart, but before their professional careers were over they had one common foe in Evander Holyfield. Byrd scored a decision victory over Holyfield, while Mercer was left on the losing end of a

FAMU Way extension reaches another milestone

June 21, 2016

By St. Clair Murraine Outlook staff writer As a member of the community planning committee, Darryl Jones saw all of the sketches pertaining to the development and extension of FAMU Way. He watched as the project unfolded, too. All in so much disbelief that he couldn’t

Juneteenth celebrations growing beyond Texas

June 21, 2016

By Anjelicia Bruton Outlook Writer Texas might have been the last state to get the news about the abolishment of slavery, but there is almost no match for how grand the state celebrates what amounts to its emancipation day. So much so that other states around the country seemingly are