Mayor honors Hartsfield chorus with proclamation

Mayor honors Hartsfield chorus with proclamation

June 20, 2019

By St. Clair Murraine Outlook staff writer At the end of each of two songs performed by the Hartsfield Elementary School Chorus, the audience responded with resounding applause. The performance of Janet Gardner’s “Shine your light” and “This is me” from the soundtrack of the Greatest Showman was exhilarating. “Absolutely

June 20, 2019

NEWS ANALYSIS By Jesse Jackson Trice Edney News Wire   This week marks the 65th anniversary of Brown v. Board of Education, the unanimous Supreme Court decision that outlawed apartheid in America, declaring segregated schools “inherently unequal” and unconstitutional. Today, the common sense of the Brown decision is under attack. For

Artists with disabilities get a platform at FSU museum

Artists with disabilities get a platform at FSU museum

June 20, 2019

By Josiah George Outlook writer For most of her life April Fitzpatrick lived with personal mental challenges. She’s always had a passion for painting on canvas, too. In all the years she’s been honing her skills as an artist she hadn’t found a  significant platform, though. Not until last Thursday.

Controversial felons’ rights bill goes to DeSantis

Controversial felons’ rights bill goes to DeSantis

June 20, 2019

  By Dara Kam News Service of Florida  With two men who’ve become the faces of Amendment 4 watching from the gallery, Florida lawmakers passed a controversial measure that would require repayment of financial obligations before felons’ voting rights could be restored. The Republican-dominated House passed the bill in a

Pastor recognizes challenges in fight against gun violence

Pastor recognizes challenges in fight against gun violence

June 20, 2019

  By St. Clair Murraine Outlook staff writer Following a week of services and dialog that culminated last Saturday, members of the Frontline Pastors Action Council plan to continue their advocacy for an end to gun violence in the city. Rudy Ferguson, who heads of the Council, also concluded that

Morgan funnels money to minimum wage drive

Morgan funnels money to minimum wage drive

June 20, 2019

News Service of Florida With the proposal awaiting a review by the Florida Supreme Court, prominent Orlando attorney John Morgan last month continued funneling money to a ballot measure that would increase the minimum wage.  The Morgan Firm PA contributed $474,371 in April to the political committee Florida For A

FAMU professor Cheeks on mission to encourage reading

FAMU professor Cheeks on mission to encourage reading

June 20, 2019

By St. Clair Murraine Outlook staff writer Jeremiah Medine was one of the first boys to walk into a room at Riley Elementary School where a table was packed with books, while three barbers waited. Medine strolled over to the one of the barber’s chair for a free hair cut.

Amid an increased push for voting rights – protection from foreign interference

Amid an increased push for voting rights – protection from foreign interference

June 20, 2019

By Marc H. Morial Trice Edney News Wire  “This is not Russia. This is the United States of America. And I will fight until the death to make sure every citizen—whether they’re Green Party, whether they’re Freedom Party, whether they’re Democrat, whether they’re Republican, whoever – has that right to

Equal rights amendment

Equal rights amendment

June 20, 2019

By E. Faye Williams Esq. Trice Edney News Wire  We get so consumed with stuff about the train wreck in the White House that we forget or miss important things going on in the nation and the world. Well, something good and historic happened in the U.S. Congress a few

Learn your numbers during Stroke Awareness Month

June 20, 2019

By Rodger Caldwell Trice Edney News Wire May is National Stroke Awareness Month, and it is very significant to mebecause I am a stroke survivor. As a stroke survivor, I consider myself to be a miracle. One of my goals in life is to educate Americans (particularly Black men), that