Featured Articles for the March 14-20, 2002 Issue

FRONT PAGE
1. NAACP walk
2. Attorney General probes "troubled" police department
3. Baggett: "I was targeted by the FBI"
4. MVSU to host women's conference in celebration of their resiliency
5. Williamson Poultry investigation over
6. RNA to meet in Detroit
7. JSU's research endeavors poised to set new record
8. Culp rally
9. Bernasconi to deliver Dunbar lecture at Millsaps
10. NAACP continues protests despite David Luke led white supremacist acts

NATION
1. Homeownership is key to closing $1 trillion "wealth gap" facing African
Americans
2. Blacks in Government elects new leadership
3. O'Neal 2002 Black Engineer of the Year

STATE/METRO
1. Pavilion Lab's accreditation reflects staff quality
2. EECO settles suit against Optical Cable Corp.
3. Calendar

EDITORIALS
1. Tisdale's Topics: Slavery by anther name!
2. More questions and concerns on the war against terrorism
3. Whitewashing a Mississippi judge

PERSPECTIVE
1. USPS: An integral part of the country's infrastructure

HOMELAND DEFENSE NEWS
1. Paying respect
2. Operation "Winding Down"
3. Approval rating drops
4. Bush signs stimulus bill
5. America salutes David K. Lucas
6. Six months after attacks, U.S. Government creates security advisory system
7. Conyers introduces policy for fairness in U.S. immigration
8. Speaking by Barbara Lee

THE BLACK PRESS OF AMERICA
1. Black Press Week 2002
2. The early Black Press in Mississippi
3. "We wish to plead our own cause!"

SCHOOLS AND SCHOLARSHIP
1. CPR in Schools program comes to area high schools
2. Be a Martin Luther King, Jr. scholar
3. Teacher Quality Enhancement Program at JSU to participate in nationwide study
4. Delta Sigma Theta honored for hard work
5. Beauty and brains... Valerie J. Childress of Flora

SPORTS
1. MHAA: Making a difference on our youth
2. Jackson Senators are back!
3. Spartans reach MEAC title game
4. Shaw wins over Carson-Newman, 69-68
5. 2001 Black College Basketball standings
6. Lady Wildcats claim SIAC touney
7. Vaden to represent Livingtone College at Track Meet
8. Mars Hill beats NCCU in regional tourney
9. Pro Sports Scoreboard
10. Sooners look worthy of a No. 1 spot in toppling Kansas
11. Celtics out dazzle Wizards, 98-91
12. Hornets hoping New Orleans can support team
13. Dead man's family wants maximum for Williams
14. Behind Boozer's touch, Duke too much
15. With Carter injured, Magic take advantage

HEALTH
1. Tips for taking baby home
2. Less exercise, more illness
3. Some "funky" solutions to poor eating habits
4. Names, shapes and colors add up to safety

BUSINESS
1. Toyota Motor Sales names vice president of diversity
2. Bigger is better except when it's a monopoly
3. In electrical cords, size matters
4. MBC Television Network chairman challenges business community to match
$50,000 gift to child care center
5. Local group completes IDA training
6. Americans can now invest more in IRA's
7. Does American steel still matter

FOOD
1. Celebrate Spring with an Easter Feast
2. Lemon herb roast chicken
3. Wild rice and ham soup
4. Raspberry-lemon tart
5. Broccoli in warm lemon garlic dressing