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. Living the Dream
2. SCLC says it won’t remain silent on Barbour appointees
3. City Council presidency goes to Leslie McLemore
4. Democrats battle for votes
5. 7.2M people still need food aid in Ethiopia
6. NAACP kicks off Brown v. Board of Education 50th commemoration
7. Mrs. Dorothy Gordon Gray turns 96

NATION/WORLD
1. First ever national referendum on the fate of Rush Limbaugh
2. Paul Robeson to be 27th stamp in popular Black Heritage stamp series
3. Pioneering entertainer Etta Moten Barnett remembered
4. Diallo Settlement: $3M and an apology
5. 2004 Black Engineer of the year award winners to be announced.

STATE/METRO
1. General Growth Properties to manage Metrocenter Mall
2. Chancellor Schroeder to attend inauguration of Jackson, Mississippi’s Dresden Exhibition
3. FSA provides loan funds for farmers
4. Warren County swearing-in ceremonies marred by heated exchange between judges

EDITORIALS
1. Tisdale’s Topics: A tale of two cities
2. Letter to the editor from Kimberly Hughes
3. Spirit of King is alive and well among many
4. Only way we can live a near normal life – trust in God

PERSPECTIVE
1. Ann Sunstein Kheel, a freedom fighter, dies at age 88
2. South Africa – 10 years of democracy
3. Immigration law question and answer

NEWS
1. Rod Paige reflects on Brown vs Board of Education
2. The African Children’s choir to perform at Tougaloo
3. Do away with the airport and be a pilot
4. 2004 MLK birthday celebration schedule of events
5. A salute to a young man living out King’s dream: Alandus Brooks

EDUCATION
1. Are racially identifiable colleges and universities good for the country
2. Final plea extended to Hinds area host families
3. Free ACT preparation workshop Jan. 20
4. AmeriCorps funding available
5. NASA helps keep kids sharp

ENTERTAINMENT
1. The San Francisco Black Film Festival calls for entries
2. Patti LaBelle joins top gospel artists performing at Super Bowl XXXVIII
3. Andreaus’s Street Troubadour album hits American market
4. Alfre Woodard to star on Broadway in “Drowning Crow”

CONSUMER/BUSINESS
1. AARP’s new free financial planning tool targets the 40+ market
2. 12 ways to save on homeowner’s insurance
3. What Roth hath, traditional hath not
4. Aquatics Division getting jump start on filling summer jobs
5. Tips for saving more at the store this year
6. Five nasty tax surprises and how to avoid them
7. Quick quiz on financing a new car

HEALTH
1. Americans answer call but more blood donations are still needed
2. Hope for patients with the other high blood pressure
3. Don’t let sniffles ruin the mood
4. Winning the battle to keep heart vessels open
5. Ten reasons people can’t lose weight
6. Diabetes scholarship for minority medical education

BOOKSHELF
1. Laelia: Three sisters who are “doing it” for themselves
2. America behind the Color Line: Dialogues with African Americans
3. Toni Morrison’s brutal realities
4. In Fat Girls and Lawn Chairs
5. Who was Amelia Earhart?
6. Wild Thornberrys
7. Who was Eleanor Roosevelt?
8. The Time of our Singing
9. Burn, Baby! Burn!

SPORTS
1. JSU bows to SU 78-64
2. Lady Tigers showing their strength
3. Drawdowns of Champions Jan. 24
4. HCC soccer coach earns award
5. Local basketball phenoms showcased in tournament
6. Eight SWAC football players named SBN All-Americans
7. The Titans vs. the Patriots: New England who?
8. SWAC adds two new staffers

MLK ISSUE
1. Remember! Celebrate! Act! A Day On, Not A Day Off!
2. Profound quotations of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
3. The meaning of the King holiday
4. The King Holiday: A Chronology
5. A historic look at the life and legacy of King
6. Citizen King to air on PBS’ American Experience Jan. 19
7. Community Prayer Breakfast to kick-off Tougaloo’s King celebration
8. Black white gaps still wide – some even widening – since Dr. King’s death
9. 2004 Forward Lookers Heritage Luncheon
10. MLK Prayer Breakfast
11. King’s dream is a road map for those in search of better lives
12. Living out King’s dream
13. Was King destined to die on April 4?

UP AND DOWN FARISH STREET
This week, we celebrate the birthday of a “KING”. We take you to places in his life where you have never been. We know … we were there! We reveal astounding facts of black leaders, North and South, who openly opposed the “KING”, and admitted hatred and distrust. We talk mostly about the man, then we glance at a birthday or two and Move on Down the Line!