June 2020 – Page 5 – Capital Outlook

I Am Tired…the pandemic of racism must end

June 16, 2020

Earl Graves Jr. Over the past few days, civil unrest has gripped our entire nation. This was due to the unwarranted and senseless murder of George Floyd in Minneapolis two weeks ago by a police officer who placed his knee on the neck of Mr. Floyd for nearly nine minutes

This time FAMU did things right

June 16, 2020

Vaughn Wilson In a methodical and deliberate matter, Florida A&M University has moved from the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC) to the SouthWestern Athletic Conference (SWAC). The move was executed primarily by Vice President and Director of Athletics Kortne Gosha. Deputy Athletics Director Keith McCluney and Associate Athletics Director/Senior Woman Administrator

Our charge to destroy systemic racial inequality

June 16, 2020

Chuck Hobbs They have been called many things through the millennia — names like skeptics, cynics, or Pharisees. Names, that while pejorative, spoke to and still apply to those who doubt the testimony of the oppressed or the righteous demands of those wishing to liberate the oppressed. Those of such

B.J. Daniels returns to Lincoln as head coach of Trojans

June 16, 2020

By St. Clair Murraine Outlook staff writer B.J. Daniels has had a storied football career that has taken him from playing on the youth level to college and the pros at multiple levels. Daniels had spent four year – from 2004 to 2008 – playing quarterback at Lincoln High School.

Pillow eager to take Rattlers back to being basketball winners

June 16, 2020

By St. Clair Murraine Outlook staff writer In her quest to find out a little about the history of the women’s basketball program at FAMU, Shalon Pillow called on Natalie White. White struck a chord when she told Pillow that the team she played on during the mid-1990s was a

Protesters prompt city officials, clergy to meet for vigil

June 9, 2020

By St. Clair Murraine Outlook staff writer No one held back their emotion, even as their voices cracked during a Monday gathering of clergy and government leaders. The mid-morning prayer vigil and meeting with the media had a definite deadpan tone as each speaker responded to protest around the country.

Broken community

June 9, 2020

By St. Clair Murraine Outlook staff writer Reflecting on what was one of the bloodiest weeks in Tallahassee, leaders in Black communities said their neighborhoods are “broken.” There was even a call for residents to take ownership of their communities and get involved in finding ways to counter violence like

Bryant running on her record against field of newcomers

June 9, 2020

By St. Clair Murraine Outlook staff writer Incumbent City Commissioner Elaine Bryant has drawn a field of three challengers in her first campaign for office, with two of the people trying to unseat her vowing to do away with special interest if they’re elected. All three of her challengers are

Thousands gather to protest police killings in Tallahassee

June 9, 2020

By Vaughn Wilson NNPA While the most of the country protests the police killing of George Floyd in Minnesota, protesters in Tallahassee were fueled during the last four days by its own police killings. Three deadly police-involved shootings since March 20 were at the center of a large protest in

Officer in George Floyd death arrested as Obama shows leadership while Trump calls for ‘shooting’ of protestors

June 9, 2020

By Stacy M. Brown NNPA Newswire Senior Correspondent @StacyBrownMedia Derek Chauvin, the officer who was seen on video pressing his knee into the neck of a handcuffed George Floyd, was arrested last Friday. The arrest comes as protests take place in many places around the nation, including in Los Angeles,