August 2017 – Page 4 – Capital Outlook

Southside organization outlines agenda for change

August 9, 2017

By St. Clair Murraine Outlook staff writer A group that wants to have more investment in Tallahassee’s south side from the Community Redevelopment Agency recently outlined some of its agenda that it plans to send to government officials. The wish list is a lengthy and ambitious one that the

Dianne Williams Cox: A real community servant

August 9, 2017

By Dorothy Inman-Johnson Special to the Outlook If you only know Dianne Williams Cox as a political candidate, you don’t really know Dianne. When meeting her, you first notice her bright smile, then her warm greeting, and likely a welcoming hug. She is a people person and a very

Portland lawmakers pass racial profiling bill

August 9, 2017

By Stacy M. Brown NNPA Newswire Contributor In an effort to improve the relationship between law enforcement and the Black community, state lawmakers in Oregon recently passed a bill to combat racial profiling by police. The Statesman Journal reported that the “bill requires law enforcement agencies to collect and

NAACP applauds failure of ‘Obamacare’ repeal

August 9, 2017

Urges health care protection ‘by any means necessary’ By Hazel Trice Edney Trice Edney News Wire Just out of its 108th annual convention in Baltimore, the NAACP hailed what it described as a “victory” after the U. S. Senate failed to pass a “skinny repeal” of the

Funding for after-school program in limbo

August 9, 2017

By St. Clair Murraine Outlook staff writer An after-school tutoring program that serves mostly children from Title 1 schools could be eliminated unless Leon County School (LCS) officials could find funding in the current budget. However, LCS superintendent Rocky Hanna assured a group of advocates that he’ll

Crump developed passion for civil rights at an early age

August 9, 2017

By St. Clair Murraine Outlook staff writer As much as Benjamin Crump hung onto his boyhood idea of possibly playing in the NBA, it just couldn’t trump his desire to be an attorney. “It was always in me,” he said, “an innate desire to stand up and declare your

Parks and Crump ‘iron-tight’ friendship goes back to college days

August 9, 2017

By St. Clair Murraine Outlook staff writer D uring the past week, Benjamin Crump and Daryl Parks have been confronted with the same questions too many times to keep track. Why? That’s what those who know the two lawyers as a force in civil rights and wrongful death litigations

Local boxing clubs shine in amateur boxing tournament

August 1, 2017

By St. Clair Murraine Outlook staff writer Aziz Ferguson knew going into the ring at the National Guard Armory that the fight play his trainer Tyrese Williams gave him could be trusted. In his only other fight, the strategy that Williams offered worked for a victory.

Former Saints tight end Tice joins Wood’s staff at FAMU

August 1, 2017

By St. Clair Murraine Outlook staff writer John Tice’s love for football wasn’t strong enough for him to forego a commitment to making sure that his twin sons’ life wasn’t uprooted. Just to make sure that he won’t have to move his family one more time, he took a

“Life on Mars” lands its poet earthly honors

August 1, 2017

Princeton creative arts director named Poet Laureate By Frederick H. Lowe Trice Edney News Wire The Library of Congress has named Tracy K. Smith, a Pulitzer Prize winner, the nation’s 22nd Poet Laureate and her recognition is being trumpeted in more than the usual places. After being named