Featured Articles for the February 1st - 7th, 2007 Issue Archives

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. Town Hall meeting
  2. HIV: 26 years and counting
  3. Some justice for Henry Hezekiah Dee and Charles Eddie Moore
  4. Congrats to Melvin and Doug Williams
  5. Dads of Destiny focuses on fathers with children in JPS
  6. Chokwe Lumumba: He’s back!
  7. Obesity surgeries have jumped dramatically since 1998 figures

 NATION/WORLD

  1. America tops 11 other countries in retirement savings
  2. William ‘Roy’ Hales: A Hartford inquirer and a heart inspirer

 STATE/METRO

  1. ‘Dar He: The Lynching of Emmett Till’ showing Feb. 4
  2. JSU Student Life sponsors HIV/AIDS Awareness Day
  3. From the Advocate files: Dr. Herman B. Smith, Jr.
  4. Women’s Fund accepting grant applications
  5. Stan Branson hosts his birthday party at Freelon’s

 EDITORIALS

  1. Tisdale’s Topics: The Lord is good!
  2. In the beginning was the Word: Black history from the start
  3. Ask the twins
  4. Uplifting Families: What does it take to get along now?

 PERSPECTIVE

  1. Reparations: Righteousness, respect and relief
  2. Smith, Dungy, Obama: Three great black men at top of their fields breaking through color barrier
  3. Immigration law question and answer

 EDUCATION

  1. Jackson State hosts annual African American Read-In
  2. WAMA hosts ‘Motif Magic: A Dynamic Workshop for Head Start’ program
  3. JPS receives $30,000 donation of Black History CD-ROMs
  4. Charles King volunteers for Junior Achievement, Inc.

 NEWS

  1. City honors community leaders at MLK dinner
  2. Je’Caryous Johnson: Men, Money and Gold Diggers
  3. UMC helps give kids a smile through free dental services
  4. Funds and materials needed to renovate Washington Addition Community House
  5. Salt and Pepper Men’s Club honors 11

 CONSUMER/BUSINESS

  1. Lady Traselle offers delta models chance to showcase their talent
  2. State unemployment rate up
  3. You have a right to know
  4. Target to pay $775,000 for racial harassment

 BOOKSHELF

  1. Draper and Nelson win 2007 Coretta Scott King Awards
  2. ‘Great Deluge’ author to speak at Millsaps
  3. Author David Baker is Grisham Visiting Writer Feb. 6
  4. Dr. Rhythm to perform for First Book Jackson 
  5. Niccolini’s Song
  6. The Backyard Animal Show

 SPORTS

  1. Guaranteed postseason opportunity makes the SWAC title race become a more rewarding team experience
  2. Johnson’s heroics led JSU to take UAPB by 3
  3. Tiger tough – JSU 66, Delta Devils 60

 ENTERTAINMENT

  1. Millsaps presents Karl Staven Feb. 5
  2. 2 Dream Productions gospel concerts to uplift community
  3. 2007 African American Heritage events in Hampton, VA
  4. Listen to MPB radio for ‘A Tribute to Medgar Evers’
  5. Family Secrets: The Trials of Forgiveness
  6. Celebrity profile by Sandra Varner: Black film critics on the 2007 Oscar race

 UP AND DOWN FARISH STREET

  1. Important cold/flu tips to keep on-hand
  2. Women can now enjoy wearing what they love
  3. Bring more to the table with nutrient-rich foods
  4. The Lion Speaks: Nice guys finish first
  5. Baby care: Keeping baby’s skin moisturized throughout the year
  6. Don’t let those headaches keep you out of work