May 2018 – Capital Outlook

FAMU, Southern to resume longtime football rivalry

May 22, 2018

By St. Clair Murraine Outlook staff writer Former NFL stars Ken Riley and Mel Blount just happened to be on the golf course this past weekend. Naturally they spent a lot of time talking about their days as college players. It was a given those days would come up.

Susan Rice joins Netflix’s board

May 22, 2018

Special to the Outlook Netflix, Inc., the world’s leading Internet-service company, has named Susan M. Rice, former Ambassador to the United Nations and former U.S. National Security Advisor, to its board of directors. “We are delighted to welcome Ambassador Rice to the Netflix board,” said Reed Hastings,

NNPA ESSA Educator Spotlight: Dr. Tiffany G. Tyler

May 22, 2018

By Lynette Monroe Special to the Outlook Dr. Tiffany G. Tyler is the president and CEO of Communities in Schools (CIS) Nevada. CIS creates school-based strategies for improving the academic outcomes of students by addressing their basic needs. This work centers on helping

Rapper Meek Mill calls for criminal justice reform

May 22, 2018

By Lauren Victoria Burke NNPA Contributor Rapper Meek Mill sat down with NBC’s Lester Holt to talk about his experiences in the criminal justice system for a Dateline interview that aired on Sunday, May 6. “I had eight years of probation that turned [into] 16 years of

Black jobless rate was 6.60 percent in April, the lowest since 1972, but…

May 22, 2018

Special to the Outlook April’s jobless rate for Black men and Black women improved to 6.60 percent, down from 6.90 percent in March as the nonfarm business payroll increased by 164,000, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported May 4. The jobless rate for Blacks was the

Museum memorializing Black lynching victims opens in Montgomery, Alabama

May 22, 2018

By Frederick H. Lowe Trice Edney News Wire The National Memorial for Peace and Justice and the Legacy Museum has opened to teach American history never published in textbooks. The museum is a memorial to the documented 4,400 African-Americans murdered in lynchings, which included beatings, drownings and

Twelfth Annual Florida A&M University Scholarship Gala

May 22, 2018

Igniting Rattlers through Scholarship gives back to student and athletic scholars By Marquel Bowen Special to the Outlook The Leon County Chapter of Florida A&M University (FAMU) National Alumni Association recently hosted “Igniting Rattlers through Scholarship,” the 12th annual scholarship gala providing financial assistance to FAMU students and athletes.

Local hit-and-run shows in state’s rising figures

May 22, 2018

By St. Clair Murraine Outlook staff writer An average of four hit-and-run cases are reported in Tallahassee every day, adding to the statistics that shows Florida as one of the top five states with the most crashes where drivers leave the scene. In all, about 682,000 hit-and-run

Never too late

May 22, 2018

Life-changing mission leads 53-year-old grandfather to college degree By St. Clair Murraine Outlook staff writer About five years ago, Tyrese Williams began to repeatedly hear the voices of his co-worker in his head. “I listen to those guys talking about going 40 years and have to go back

Spiritually Speaking: Paul hit the bullseye

May 7, 2018

By James Washington The Dallas Weekly/ NNPA I remember reviewing the letters of Paul in Bible study. In doing so, I was constantly reminded that one cannot look at Paul without really seeing Jesus’ amazing handiwork. Now you need to know that I think Paul is an awesome person,