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Girls Rule Tours Civil Rights Monuments

July 28, 2015

By Dianne Williams-Cox Special to the Outlook The Civil Rights Tour was a vision realized to take young ladies to learn of the history of Civil Rights. Girls Rule is an organization that was founded to train and prepare young ladies to become future leaders. By

Inaugural Mobley-Thompson Summer Academy Launches at FAMU

July 28, 2015

By Janelle Floyd Outlook Writer Florida A&M University School of Business and Industry hosted the inaugural Mobley-Thompson Creativity and Innovation Summer Academy. The four-week program, available to third to 12th graders, consists of separate theme-based weeks intended to introduce students to entrepreneurship and technology. The

Boy Scouts of America Officially Ends Ban on Homosexual Adults

July 28, 2015

By Diamond Hunt-Coleman Outlook Writer For more than two decades, Boy Scouts of America has had a ban in place barring homosexual men and women from being leaders, volunteers, and even working in their offices; well all of that has come to an end. On Monday, July 13,

Demolition Budget Doubles — Redevelopment Plans Continue

July 28, 2015

By Courtney Harris Outlook Writer On July 9, Tallahassee’s Community Redevelopment Agency unanimously approved to increase the demolition budget of the former downtown homeless facility after asbestos was found in several areas on the main floor. Established in 2004, the CRA’s Downtown Redevelopment initiative

Cooper, Executive Director of White House Initiative on HBCUs, Dies

July 28, 2015

By HBCU Digest Special to the Outlook George Cooper, a long-time HBCU administrator, former president of South Carolina State University, and primary liaison between the federal government and Historically Black Colleges and Universities, died Sunday, July 18. The native Tallahasseean was regarded as a policy expert on

FAMU Band Camp Returns After Four-Year Hiatus

July 28, 2015

By Andrew J. Mitchell, Jr. Outlook Writter For four years, Sam Houston High School band booster Patrise Harkless could not allow her high schoolers to participate in Florida A&M University’s Band Camp. The 2011 death of FAMU drum major Robert Champion led to the

FAMU Faculty Concerned About Salaries and Raises

July 28, 2015

[subtitle]One Faculty Member Took Concerns to Trustees in a Scathing Letter[/subtitle] By Christal Searcy Outlook Writer Florida A&M University President Elmira Mangum has lately been criticized for having poor communication with the institution’s trustee board. But trustees are not the only individuals at the university concerned

Kenyans Warn Obama: ‘Keep Off the Gay Agenda’

July 21, 2015

Special to the Outlook Five Kenyan lawmakers have threatened to eject President Barack Obama from Parliament if he tries to lecture them about same sex marriage during his upcoming visit. Member of Parliament Cecily Mbarire also urged the government to reject any aid if it

Are Black People Crazy . . . . . or What?

July 21, 2015

By Na’im Akbar, Ph. D. Clinical Psychologist (Retired) Special to the Outlook After spending over 40 years, researching, teaching, writing and studying the behaviors of African people, the mental health of Black People remains a mystery to me. The same questions that I began my career with are just as

Black Newspaper Revealed History of Fight Against Racist Emblem

July 21, 2015

By Hazel Trice Edney Trice Edney News Wire It was mid-summer 1992 when the Black airman of the Virginia Air National Guard walked into the Richmond Free Press newsroom and asked to see a reporter. After he placed the stack of photos on my desk, asked for anonymity and