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. MLK parade
2. Pickering renomination accentuates race issue for GOP
3. NAACP president demands answers in brother’s death
4. Mrs. Dorothy Gray turns 95
5. Mississippians welcome Tavis Smiley back home
6. Shirley Ave. now official
7. Suspicious arsons rattle nerves of business owners
8. Kirksey denies he was asked to draw lines
9. Civil rights murder case to proceed without witness
10. Sampson returns to JSU
11. Rica Lewis-Payton — one of five Magnolia Bar honorees at its 13th Annual Mid-Winter awards

NATION/WORLD
1. Fattah questions racial profiling tactics by law enforcement officials
2. EEOC resolves racial harassment lawsuit against Ford of Greensburg for $534,000
3. Historic “Mandela SOS” concert to take place on February 2 in South Africa

STATE/METRO
1. How to start a small business
2. MDOT law enforcement officers seize drugs on I-20
3. Mississippi Reparations Caravan goes to Rust College
4. Funds available for local business improvements
5. National Black Caucus of Local Elected Officials elect 2003 president and board of directors
6. Phelps Dunbar Jackson office to move to new downtown location

EDITORIALS
1. Tisdale’s Topics: A call for a true leader
2. Letter to the editor from C.W. Williamson
3. The low priority of education for the masses — no accident and no mystery

PERSPECTIVE
1. Egypt belongs to Africa
2. Attempt to rescue our daughter of the Nile
3. Returning to Selma to revitalize black politics

HOMELAND DEFENSE
1. 200 high school students protest
2. Virus sparks military blood shortage
3. DoD prepared fro biological threats
4. Soldier loses foot in mine explosion
5. Inspectors need more time in Iraq
6. U.S. troops fighting terrorism in Horn of Africa
7. The invisible men: Behind the scenes at the Pentagon
8. America salutes Jonathon Morgan

EDUCATION
1. Woman takes leap of faith that pays off with her own Christian academy
2. Blackmons to complete $1M pledge
3. AHBAI and Eckerd donate $60,000 to UNCF

BOOKSHELF
1. Story of sisterhood, love and loss hits bookshelves
2. Mulatto America: At the Crossroads of Black and White Culture: A Social History
3. Holler If you Hear Me: Searching for Tupac Shakur
4. Beverly Poitier-Henderson to visit Barnes & Noble
5. Thank You, Dr. King!
6. Happy Birthday, Martin Luther King

UP AND DOWN FARISH STREET
A tragic moment in American History re-visited! We again mourn the loss of a friend. Farish Streeters and their comments on President Bush and the “war” looming in the Middle East. Martin Luther King’s birthday and the dramatic funeral that followed. The Mississippi Legislature going down in smoke or is it going “up”? After visiting those topics, we glance at a question or two from Mrs. Hattie Crenshaw, a man from Books-A- Million and a reader on Hanging Moss Road and Move on Down the Line!

HBCU SPORTS
1. JSU rips Southern Jaguars, 86-66
2. Asia Petty leads Howard to first win
3. 2003 HBCU composite football scores and standings
4. Rick Comegy returns to Tuskegee as head coach
5. Robert Booker resigns
6. NCCU names Broadway new head coach of football

NATIONAL SPORTS
1. Pro Sports Scoreboard
2. Washington eats the Big Apple, 89-84
3. Philly prevails over faltering Falcons
4. Titans prevails in OT, 34-31
5. Lewis top candidate for Bengals top job
6. Rhodes resigns from Denver Broncos after disappointing finish

HEALTH
1. How sweet it is, but make sure it’s safe
2. Keeping your teeth healthy in the golden years
3. Anemia and chronic kidney pain
4. Common medications linked to dry mouth
5. Good news for heart failure
6. Take a new shot at childhood disease prevention, and spare your child up to six shots

SPECIAL MARTIN LUTHER EDITION