Legal Notices, Classifieds, and Up and Down Farish Street (chronicles the history of Jackson, MS) are published in each issue of the Jackson Advocate

FRONT
1. Homeless and others should take precautions in cold weather
2. Min. Frank Muhammad dies of a massive heart attack
3. City Council presidency sparks melee
4. Black lawmakers set 2004 agenda
5. U.S. Muslims leave for pilgrimage to Mecca
6. Dick Gregory completes 40 day fast
7. U.S. terror threat up in arms
8. Sudan closer to peace

NATION/WORLD
1. CBC calls on U.S. Department of Justice to intervene on behalf of the Prairie Vie A&M University student body
2. New York’s new fire safety standard should save lives
3. Another black man killed by police, this time in Columbus, GA; sparks FBI probe
4. Marvin Pratt sworn in as first African American mayor of Milwaukee, WI
5. White Philadelphia newspapers accused of bias
6. KFC accused of chicken cruelty
7. Flu season haunted by ghost of Tuskegee, Ala. Experiment

STATE/METRO
1. MAC announces winners of the 2004 Governor’s Awards for Excellence in the Arts
2. Rep. West tops list of 15 most influential in Natchez
3. Manship House Museum workshop will teach Victorian past times
4. MS’s Affordable Housing Conference, Jan. 26-28
5. MMA’s 2003 Centennial Celebration, Expanding the Collection: Mississippi Museum of Art Centennial Acquisitions on view through February 22, 2004
6. AARP will work with new governor on board of health appointments
7. Mississippi Conference of Black Mayors to meet in capital city, January 15-16
8. Indianola, Kosciusko, Ripley join certified local government program

EDITORIALS
1. Tisdale’s Topics: Immutable mutation (the more things change)
2. Liberals, conservatives, and the working class
3. What was done in the dark has come to light!
4. Lawsuit about flag to be discussed Jan. 9
5. James Carville and Mary Matalin?

PERSPECTIVE
1. The tactic of lawsuits and the reparations movement
2. “Ghettopoly” should force us to look in the mirror
3. Immigration law question and answer

NEWS
1. Report card shows most states are failing in tobacco policies
2. It’s Girl Scout cookie time!
3. South Carolina principal who ordered armed school drug raid resigns
4. Chastain celebrates at Lakeland Skating Center
5. GOOD NEWS: Lottery makes African American woman newest millionaire
6. Men of Distinction
7. JSU to celebrate MLK Day, honor prominent alumnus during annual convocation Jan. 15
8. Jackson Firefighters hosted annual Kwanzaa
9. 2003 was a good year for Mississippi Agriculture
10. NBPC nets five films at 2004 Sundance
11. Mother of former Advocate worker remembered
12. Surprise dinner at Mikhails for Captain Quincy Fitzhugh
13. Juanita Jackson succumbs
14. Women for Progress celebrate Kwanzaa
15. Presidential candidate Sharpton says he is eligible to collect federal funds
16. Couples ring in the New Year at Mayor’s Ball

CONSUMER/BUSINESS
1. Company launches initiative to urge shoppers to check their chicken labels
2. Groups oppose Bush’s immigration proposal
3. Obesity stories tip the scale as nation’s top 2003 food news

SPORTS
1. Tigers win over Alabama SWAC teams
2. Croom hire good for the South
3. NFL Wildcard Weekend – Titans vs. Ravens
4. Lady Tigers fell to the Hornets in overtime 69-61
5. Zina Garrison named 1st African American U.S. Fed Cup Captain
6. Former Heavyweight Champion Greg Page is down, but not out

UP AND DOWN FARISH STREET
The new year could ring in medical dangers and shorter lives for African American seniors, especially in the Mississippi Delta. Death by the gun … “have weapon … will rob” is a cry that frightens the black community and almost all others. Then, January birthdays and a look at those who deserve a special salute as we Move on Down the Line!

ENTERTAINMENT
1. Tapping into the mind of the great KRS-One
2. Hughley returns to host 2004 Trumpet Awards
3. Alicia Keys booked for 2004 Air Jamaica Jazz and Blues Festival
4. B.B. King set to headline UM’s Second Annual Blues Symposium

HEALTH
1. Breakfast memories and a healthy start
2. Ten minute stroke prevention
3. Don’t let too much water put your fitness at risk
4. Improving treatment of a common cancer
5. Kidney disease: What everyone should know
6. Black men should be screened for prostate cancer at younger age

BOOKSHELF
1. Confessions of an Ex-Bachelor
2. The study of slavery has exploded in the last 25 years
3. Welcome to the Big Blue House
4. Who was Harriet Tubman?

EDUCATION
1. Future of race relations in South and higher education to be discussed at the Universities of MS, AL, and GA
2. Are we asking schools to do what they cannot do?
3. HUD announces $54M to train young people and expand affordable housing
4. Alcorn State’s diversity efforts highlighted on CNN
5. James Earl Jones to visit UM Jan. 13
6. JPS bus drivers support districts new Core Traits character