January 2017 – Page 3 – Capital Outlook

NNPA’s Chavis receives promise of first press interview with President Trump

January 26, 2017

By Hazel Trice Edney Trice Edney News Wire Omarosa Manigault, recently named assistant to the president and director of communications in the Office of Public Liaison for the Trump Administration, has promised the first press interview with President -elect Trump to Benjamin Chavis, president/CEO of the National Newspaper

Yes We Did: President Obama delivers long goodbye

January 26, 2017

By Lauren Victoria Burke NNPA Newswire Contributor The first Black President of the United States will leave office at noon on Jan. 20. The run-up to his departure has been featured in interviews, endless retrospectives and analyses. During an unseasonably warm night in Chicago, President Barack Obama

New president for 100 Black Men of Tallahassee Area, Inc.

January 26, 2017

Special to the Outlook After four years as president of the Tallahassee chapter of 100 Black Men of America, Inc., Ronald M. Joe, Sr. passed the gavel to Eric Friall at the organization’s January meeting. Friall, a graduate of The Florida State University has served as president-elect and secretary

Triplett shows class, poise in achieving in classroom and ballet

January 26, 2017

[subtitle] YOUTH OF THE YEAR [/subtitle] By St. Clair Murraine Outlook staff writer It wasn’t difficult to understand why one of Alani Triplett’s teachers used the word “class” to describe the Lincoln High School senior. When Triplett was asked for a reaction to being named the Capital

McMillans overcome early struggles to a life of helping others

January 26, 2017

[subtitle] FAMILY OF THE YEAR [/subtitle] By St. Clair Murraine Outlook staff writer The first few months of Mark and Bernice McMillan’s relationship wasn’t the common honeymoon phase enjoyed by couples who fall for each other. She questioned most things he suggested because of the pain she

King celebration gives mayor Gillum perfect setting to call for unity

January 26, 2017

By Ashia Glover Outlook writer R&B music blared through Cascades Park, while families browsed rows of art and craft vendors. Another row of food vendors had a steady flow of customers not too far away. The Monday afternoon scene was perfect for celebrating the birthday of Dr. Martin

Bruno, Harrison want to do plenty in short time as SGA leaders at FAMU

January 26, 2017

By St. Clair Murraine Outlook staff writer Two days after the FAMU Electoral Commission declared him and his running mate leaders of FAMU’s Student Government Association, Justin Bruno began preparing to tackle as many of the issues that he promised students that he would. Bruno and vice

Racism and hatred have no place on our nation’s school boards

January 18, 2017

ByMarc Morial Trice Edney News Wire Mr. Paladino is an elected official charged with the responsibility to represent children and families in a district comprised of over 70 percent Black, Brown, Asian, Immigrant and other minority students and families; And, Mr. Paladino took an oath to ensure that students are

White women can’t speak for me, so I will support the Women’s March

January 18, 2017

By Julianne Malveaux Trice Edney News Wire “Ain’t I A Woman”, railed Sojourner Truth, “I have ploughed and planted and gathered into barns, and no man could head me! And ain’t I a woman! I could work as much and eat as much as a man – when I

CIVIL RIGHTS ADVOCATE OF THE YEAR

January 18, 2017

Landry works as a quiet force within NAACP By St. Clair Murraine Outlook staff writer When The O.J. Simpson team wanted to investigate detective Mark Furhman’s discovery of the now famous glove in the high-profile murder case, Simpson’s defense attorneys called on Dale Landry and a partner. Years