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. National Black AIDS Day Feb. 7
2. Mixed views on Bush’s pledge to fight AIDS
3. Settlement reached in Hartford desegregation lawsuit
4. Stokes has good reason for avoiding school issue
5. Saviours’ Day speech may be last before U.S. goes to war
6. No apparent resolution in illegal busing claim
7. MIRA continues fight against abuse exploitation on state’s immigrants
8. Helping hands come together
9. Postcard campaign to reopen Emmett Till case

NATION/WORLD
1. RRHA and developer begin restoration of W.W. Browne house
2. Coalition of civil rights organizations challenge New York State’s right to vote laws
3. HIV/AIDS deaths highest in Pennsylvania among African American and Latino women

STATE/METRO
1. MMA to host Mary Lovelace O’Neal exhibition for Black History Month
2. Bush administration seeks increase for affordable housing in Mississippi

EDITORIALS
1. Tisdale’s topics: Learning to speak up
2. Can the American people stop the Bush war?
3. The rules of the game
4. I just want the truth

PERSPECTIVE
1. African centered education and making history
2. Anti-affirmative action sentiment jeopardizes King’s vision
3. The rise of the Southern Republican Party

HOMELAND DEFENSE
1. U.S. Forces under attack, 18 killed
2. Trusting Saddam ‘not an option’
3. More reserve units mobilized
4. America salutes James Pierre
5. Kenyan delegation visits troops
6. Samuel Nabvetete shakes hands with Kenya Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs
7. Member of terrorist cell pleads guilty in New York
8. Powell says he is ‘not’ surprised
9. What black leaders are saying about the war

EDUCATION
1. Jackson State to host HBCU conference
2. Counting our blessings
3. Information on health scholarships
4. Erica Lockhart, Miss Debutante 2002
5. Tougaloo College receives $440,000 grant to develop Delta Leadership Institute

BOOKSHELF
1. An American Insurrection, James Meredith and the Battle of Oxford, Mississippi, 1962
2. Vernon Can Read!
3. Story of a single mom, battered wife and betrayed lover
4. Choosing Truth: Living an Authentic Life
5. Randall Robinson’s The Reckoning
6. Little Quack
7. The Honest-to-Goodness Truth

NEWS
1. Former Mayor of Atlanta becomes law partner with famed lawyer Willie Gary
2. 100 Black Men of Jackson will host its 6th Annual Families and Mentors Conference
3. A forum on the work of Attorney Chokwe Lumumba
4. National Black AIDS Day
5. Destiny’s Child, Spike Lee, Pam Grier take center stage at Turner Broadcasting’s 11th Annual Trumpet Awards
6. Blaze puts Harpton’s office
7. United Nations designates NAACP nongovernment organization
8. Jackson residents named Mississippi ageless heroes
9. Heritage Luncheon, Feb. 1
10. Warning: You might have something the post office wants
11. Can your name keep you from getting a job?
12. Mississippi is first to implement ambitious statewide program to train local leaders

SPORTS
1. Usual rivalry will be absent when MVSU comes to town Saturday
2. American urban radio networks announces 2002 SBN Sports Black College All-American Team
3. HOB presents World Champion Boxing
4. SWAC inks basketball TV deal with MBC-TV
5. Thomas Billups honored
6. MVSU is game ready with new soccer coach in place
7. SWAC Basketball Player of the Week (MEN)
8. SWAC/MBC-TV 2003 Basketball Schedule

HBCU SPORTS
1. Howard crushes N.C. A&T, 107-70
2. #14 Bulldogs tiptoe past Panthers, 90-88
3. Southern University football player murdered near college nightclub
4. NCCU ended winning streak

NATIONAL SPORTS
1. Iverson great late, Sixers stop Heat
2. Tampa puts on a Super Bowl blowout!
3. Mayorga hands Forrest his first loss, takes title

ENTERTAINMENT
1. Showtime presents original picture “Deacons for Defense” in honor of Black History Month
2. Xzibit releases hot new album “Man vs. Machine”
3. Margaret B. Hawthorne honored by the City of Jackson
4. Robert Mugge documentary tracks blues from point zero to last days in Jackson

UP AND DOWN FARISH STREET
1. It is well established that we endeavor to make our readers aware of the unique and diverse contributions African Americans have made to our nation and the world in each weekly column in The Jackson Advocate. A privilege we have enjoyed for more than four decades. However, as we are all aware, February is Black History Month, and during this month each year we strive to bring to the attention of our readers, young and old, a continuing story of seldom-acknowledged contributions of African Americans in the past and those new and noteworthy efforts that have come to our recent attention. With that in mind, we offer this week’s honorees. Some in categories never before acknowledged.

HEALTH
1. Understanding the other arthritis
2. Survey suggests millions may suffer from treatable digestive disorder
3. New medical research gives hope for macular degeneration sufferers
4. Students and scientists seek info from space that may affect asthma sufferers
5. Tips for a healthy complexion year-round

CALENDAR