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

FEBRUARY 5-11, 2004
FRONT
1. Ward 6 may push for special election
2. Senior fashions
3. More than half of the 108th Congress get failing grade on NAACP report card
4. Three weeks into primary narrows field to six
5. Legislators want to know: How will Haley pay?
6. HIV/AIDS Awareness Day Feb. 7
7. West Jackson Street named for M.L. Butler

NATION/WORLD
1. Unarmed black teen killed in New York
2. AHBAI presents the 2nd Annual Ms. Proud Lady model search
3. Class action lawsuit filed against World Airways
4. American Legacy magazine to celebrate 5th Annual Women of Strength and Courage Awards Luncheon

STATE/METRO
1. At-risk groups need attention
2. 2004 Mississippi HeARTS against AIDS benefit Feb. 14
3. Monument dedication in Vicksburg
4. Entergy Mississippi sends a message to help low-income customers
5. Dell awards recycling grant to MDEQ
6. Blackmississippi.com features 50 of Mississippi’s influential African Americans
7. State unemployment up slightly but well below last year’s figure
8. Mississippi Freedom Summer Timeline

EDITORIALS
1. Tisdale Topics: Where have all the leaders gone”
2. Letter to the editor from Eugene Parks
3. Ayers needs to go to the Supreme Court

PERSPECTIVE
1. The press, The Nation of Islam and Minister Louis Farrakhan

EDUCATION
1. Tom Joyner Foundation sets $700,000 challenge to raise money for scholarships
2. $50,000 scholarship competition
3. Chastain announces second term honor students
4. Marvin Hogan calls upon ministers and other community leaders to introduce a concept for initiating a Clergy Partnership
5. 2004 Fred Luster, Sr. scholarship applications are now being accepted
6. Session on FAFSA at Eudora Welty
7. Student requires meaningful on-the-job work experience
8. Walton celebrates 100 Days of School
9. ACT registration deadline Feb. 27
10. Ronald McDonald visits Walton
11. MS Arts Commission grants application deadline

CONSUMER/BUSINESS
1. Entergy customer service manager retires
2. Protecting homes from power outages is becoming easier
3. Be a smart shopper – use coupons
4. Help for victims of identity theft

NEWS
1. Florida still producing voting mix-ups
2. Robeson’s son warns of lack of freedom
3. Firefighters’ ball dubbed social event of the season
4. Every Morning by Kehinde K. Gaynor
5. Huddled Masses Yearning to Breathe Free by Barbara Harris
6. Pearl Street AME Church to celebrate Founder’s Day
7. Jack and Jill of America Eighth Biennial Sweetheart Ball

SPORTS
1. Jackson slaps America in the face hard
2. Valley Devils burn Tigers 51-40
3. Arkansas can’t hang with JSU; lose 66-48
4. JSU women 57, Valley 50
5. Lady Tigers 66, UAPB 54
6. Jackson State releases 2004 football schedule
7. Two Delta Devils land on SWAC pre-season team
8. Super Bowl XXXVIII: It’s a wrap!
9. Ten Star All Star Basketball Camp