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. Provine Pageant
2. Brown’s vote may be costly
3. Jackson loses 3 key components
4. Columbia tragedy ripples across the globe
5. Diversity in the workplace: Removing stigma still a tough job
6. Witness, police accounts of fatal shooting differ
7. 45 percent of black youth attend church

NATION/WORLD
1. Africa activists denounce Bush’s ‘malign neglect’
2. ‘Whites Only’ remains etched over Dallas County water fountain

STATE/METRO
1. State’s Culfside Assembly shines as church treasure
2. Celebrate ‘seniors’ and Black History Month with Gospel Heritage explosion

EDITORIALS
1. Tisdale’s Topics: Be real, be free
2. We do not want war
3. When the least expected happens
4. Does service count for anything?
5. Dear Stanley

PERSPECTIVE
1. Hijacking King’s dream, the conservatives have no shame
2. Following and not just celebrating Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
3. Appropriately disturbing the peace

HOMELAND DEFENSE
1. Budget request includes BioShield
2. Chopper crash kills 4 Americans
3. Reserves to play bigger defense role
4. Mandela says Bush only wants oil
5. America salutes Damian A. Fearon
6. Jackson Lee seeks repeal of military force against Iraq
7. A new combat vehicle for the new U.S. army
8. Blacks in Congress speak against Bush’s war policy
9. Rangel angered by insult to Vietnam veterans

BOOKSHELF
1. The Birth of Criminal
2. The Pen is Mightier
3. More Justice, More Peace
4. Friday Night at Honeybee’s
5. A Man Most Worthy
6. In Love and War
7. Follow the Leader!
8. Sheep Don’t Count Sheep
9. A Face First

EDUCATION
1. MLK scholars program to offer summer internships
2. Local students page at State Capitol
3. Opening reception for Holtzclaw touring exhibit
4. Grant applications available
5. ESF 2003 $25,000 scholarship competition

NEWS
1. Members of Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, Inc. and Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity, Inc. of the State of MS 2003 State Leadership Conference
2. Salt & Pepper Men’s Club 2003 honorees
3. NAACP ACT-SO champions capture national art talent awards
4. Legends in advertising named to Hall of Fame
5. Henry Louis Gates celebrates Black History Month with a public radio series
6. Liberty Financial moves in MS with $1.8 million deal
7. Coretta Scott King and daughter to address over 500 diversity practitioners
8. Black mayors applaud general service administration
9. UNCF raises $13.8 million during Evening of Stars

SPORTS
1. Local golf club has presence at national tournament
2. Jackson State looks to Alcorn Sat.
3. Lanier Bulldogs to play in Primetime Shootout
4. SWAC player of the week and notable performances
5. Audie Norris and Bertha Hardy-Smith honored

HBCU SPORTS
1. Howard’s Williamson ties MEAC record
2. 2003 HBCU Composite Football Scores and Standings
3. Short-handed Lady Eagles stun J.C. Smith in double OT
4. Melvin Johnson II joined the staff at USA Track & Field
5. Wild finish earns Fayetteville State a one-point win
6. Norfolk State has mixed results in basketball
7. NCCU takes top spot in CIAA West with win over JCSU

NATIONAL SPORTS
1. Minnesota rips Philly, 99-91
2. Williams, Gannon lead AFC in rout
3. LeBron James to likely appeal OHSAA’s decision

UP AND DOWN FARISH STREET
1. Space Shuttle blows up … seven more lost. Second African American dies in fiery crash. We knew the first to fly as well as the first to die from the African American community. President Bush quotes Isaiah … we’ll tell him Isaiah ‘cause that’s my middle name. We finally give warning to the nation, the world, the space program, and the beginning of the end. Next, the history of an amazing black woman, and then we Move on Down the Line!

HEALTH
1. Understanding the symptoms of depression
2. Throat tickles: A year-round annoyance
3. New research offers hope for flu sufferers
4. Set a good example when celebrating
5. Medical advance help ER doctors save lives
6. Wyonna Judd and Asthma Action urge Americans to put asthma to the test

ENTERTAINMENT
1. Bill Withers for romantic salvation is rekindled with release of two classic albums
2. Broadway comes to Harlem with SSDC theatrical production “Frederick Douglass at Mother AME Zion”

FOOD
1. Foods good for body and soul
2. Mexican grilled cheese sandwich
3. Orange-parsley hummus
4. Heart healthy Italian bread salad
5. Classically quick Brushetta
6. Fast facts about folic acid