Crowd shows up to support unrestrictive voting right act Jasmine Burney Clark, left, founder of Equal Ground Action Fund, chats with a parent and child at a voting rights rally. Photo by St. Clair Murraine By St. Clair Murraine Outlook Staff WriterIf anyone wasn’t quite sure why a voting rights rally took place at the Capitol Sen. Geraldine Thompson had …
By Berthony Napoleon Founder/CEO Five and Two Solutions Group, Inc. I accepted the task as a privilege and honor. This came about after a briefing, that encompassed pre-slavery to present day, provided to the Task Force on the “Five and Two Solutions’ New World African (NWA) Studies, A Primer to Decision Making Process.” NWA is also an Ayisyen (Haitian) word …
EDITOR’S NOTE: This is the fifth in a series about the work of the Remembering our Past … Redefining Our Present… Reaffirming Our Future: “The Teaching our History” Tas k Force. This article focuses on “Reviewing Our Past.” By Johnny Turner Special to the Outlook The President of the Florida General Baptist Convention appointed Rev. RB Holmes to chair the Teach …
‘As their descendants, we stand before you to speak for them because they could not for themselves,’ one professor said. In front of a portrait of Fredrick Douglass, a longtime and influential Tallahassee pastor asked the Florida Department of Education to “set the record straight” about Black history. The Rev. Dr. R.B. Holmes of Bethel Missionary Baptist Church on Tuesday …
Rev. R.B. Holmes speaks during a press conference at the Florida Education building where he and other community members called upon Commissioner of Education Manny Diaz to reverse the decision made on the AP African American studies Thursday, Aug. 10, 2023. The Rev. R.B. Holmes Jr. is bringing Black History lessons to the sanctuary of Bethel Missionary Baptist Church for …
EDITOR’S NOTE: This is the final article in a series about the work of the Remembering our Past … Redefining Our Present… Reaffirming Our Future: By Larry Eugene Rivers, Ph.D Special to the Outlook Attacks against African American Studies are nothing new. They have simply intensified. This scholarly discipline is not under increased assault because it is weak. The increased …
By Reginald K. Ellis and Larry E. Rivers Since before 1619, African Americans have played a vital role in developing the United States of America. From artisans, craftsmen, scholars, scientists, political, religious, and business figures, Black Americans have pushed this nation closer to the ideals outlined in the United States Constitution. The history of Blacks in America should not be …
EDITOR’S NOTE: This is the third in a series about the work of the Remembering Our Past…Redefining Our Present…Reaffirming Our Future: “The Teaching Our Own History” Task Force. By Rev. Dr. Robert M. Spooney Special to the Outlook The decision in 2023 by the Florida Department of Education to change the narrative regarding African-American history in the United States and …