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. Art Exhibit
2. Hinds County parents still in an uproar
3. Kerry wins again, Edwards second, and Dean is out
4. Ditto, Maloney said to be new owners of Senators
5. Johnnie Champion Senior Citizens Center celebrates Black History Month
6. Doctor, pain patients rally for legislation
7. Mississippi pioneer banker, Thad Bridges, remembered
8. Black Dems host activists summit

NATION/WORLD
1. Paying the high costs of payday loans
2. Pernessa C. Seele named by Essence Magazine as one of “The New Activists”
3. Blacks join Confederate heritage group after learning of family link
4. HipHop Summit hosts voter registration drive

STATE/METRO
1. Turner Broadcast Systems annual Trumpet Awards pay tribute to the state’s black mayors
2. Gladys P. Norris Piano Festival to be held Feb. 25-28
3. Severe Weather Awareness Week set for Feb. 23-27
4. Poet of the Year to conduct poetry writing workshop
5. Step-By-Step Proposal Writing Workshop

EDITORIALS
1. Tisdale’s Topics: Misplaced praise
2. What’s on the minds of black Jacksonians
3. State employees and their benefits
4. Marriage in our universe of discourse

PERSPECTIVE
1. Crisis of the Negro Intellectual revisited
2. Immigration law question and answer

EDUCATION
1. UNCF names Dr. Michael L.Lomax as its president and CEO
2. Applications being accepted for $50,000 in scholarships
3. Jackson CVB seeks 2004 Miss Hospitality
4. Students advised to prepare now to avoid missing deadlines
5. Eddie Carthan receives Doctor of Divinity degree
6. Chastain T.I.P. scholars recognize at luncheon
7. HEADWAE program honors students and faculty

NEWS
1. Natchez site of regional meeting
2. State program garners support for child care
3. A salute to Black History makers
4. Author of “Mississippi in Africa” to speak at Old Capitol Feb. 22
5. Nigerian government investigates Halliburton
6. JSU hosts second in “Sanctuary” film series: Two Towns of Jasper
7. America’s lynchings chronicled through local artist’s quilt
8. What to keep in a disaster supply kit
9. Bishop Charles Price Jones Musical Festival
10. Youth Explosion
11. Founder’s Day and Achievement Recognition Banquet
12. Strategy session of the Emmett Till Justice Campaign held
13. Community groups putting on big programs
14. Annual African American History Month Art Exhibit/Marketplace
15. “Back in the Day” performed by Hanging Moss Church of Christ
16. Fire destroys noted attorney’s office
17. Community backs NY police chief
18. Texas redistricting still being challenged
19. NAACP wants black to fill Pickering’s vacant seat
20. Native son returns to state to discuss his book
21. CDF gives high scores for Congressional Black Caucus votes on children issues
22. Silk, featuring Pretty Willie, performs at Da’Groove at Freelon’s

BOOKSHELF
1. Black masculinity in African American literature
2. Author’s first novel tells a story of race and class: A black teenager faces culture shock in 1960’s prep school
3. God Bless the Child
4. Fresh perspectives for Black History Month
5. New cookbook celebrates Pan African culture
6. Husband 101
7. Wife 101
8. Book on religion, racism, rape in the MS Delta
9. Pajama Party
10. George Washington Carver
11. Mississippi Trial, 1955
12. Portraits of African American Heroes

CONSUMER/BUSINESS
1. Computers and healthcare jobs are the fastest growing in Mississippi
2. MHC new hires and promotions
3. More African Americans are discovering cruising

SPORTS
1. JSU basketball facilities chronology tremendous
2. Is Jackson ready for a semi-pro basketball team?
3. Real Sports with Bryant Gumbel
4. Ten Star All Star Basketball Camp
5. SWAC Players of the Week
6. 2004 McDonald’s All American High School basketball teams to be announced Feb. 19, 22
7. JSU briefs
8. Golf Tournament

UP & DOWN FARISH STREET
“ All freedom rests on economic freedom.” Those words, spoken by Booker T. Washington in an historic speech, started black leaders of the late 1800’s to thinking beyond the mere social justice and voting rights issues of that day. What Booker T. Washington was trying to tell Negroes of his day, as well as those to follow, was, “You can have all of the civil rights and equal rights laws in the nation’s Constitution on your side, but as long as you’re beholding to somebody else for your economic well being, you’re just as much a slave as if you had chains around your neck.” Now with that in mind, we will point to the actions of several people we salute, or continue to salute this week, and show how they were wise enough to cover all bases. As the saying goes, stay with us as We Move on Down the Line!

ENTERTAINMENT
1. Lee Williams and the Spiritual QC’s “Right on Time” in sweep of the 2004 Stellar Awards
2. Ice Cube: Calling all shots
3. Dynamic play “Sisters” to be held at JSU’s University Park Auditorium March 4, 5 and 7
4. Belvedere ad fuels Roc-A-Fella rumor
5. “The Grey Album” shelved, Danger Mouse served cease-and-desist
6. Reel sexy: Rudy done grown up

HEALTH
1. Women who smoke may be at higher risk of lung cancer than men, study shows
2. Get fit with Donna Joyner
3. Small steps not enough to reverse childhood obesity
4. Injuries cost billions every year in U.S. report
5. Constipation, soiling linked to kids’ behavior problems
6. Soil nutrient meeting assesses farmers needs
7. Preventive dental care for African American children