Featured Articles for the March 15th - 21st, 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. College Hill M.B. Church just two weeks away from centennial
  2. Plan to replace HSD bus drivers must overcome many hurdles
  3. Solid job market expected for Jackson
  4. Small farmers to meet in Jackson
  5. FBI asked to probe past civil rights cases
  6. Redmond book on tour

 NATION/WORLD

  1. Celebrities commit to supporting American Red Cross in 2007
  2. Citizens Trust Bank leads collaborative effort to rebuild west and Atlanta community
  3. Nissan North America awards $25,000 to Perkins Foundation Mentoring Program

 STATE/METRO

  1. Mission Mississippi president named 2007 trailblazer
  2. Louis D. Richard presents speech at Piney Woods
  3. From the Advocate files: Henry Kirksey, Addie Green, and Shirley Watson Harrington
  4. Benjamin Chavis to lecture on hip hop at MVSU Mar. 20
  5. Rep. Jim Evans guest speaker at the Public Healthcare and Education Workers Conference

 EDITORIALS

  1. The sins of the fathers are the fruits of the sons
  2. City clerk a vital link in county government
  3. Tisdale’s Topics: Farish Street in mourning
  4. Uplifting Families: Anger is nothing to play with
  5. Ask the twins

 PERSPECTIVE

  1. Where were Barack and Hillary before ‘Bloody Sunday’ observance?
  2. Reparations and political prisoners

 EDUCATION

  1. Geospatial Data course Mar. 28-29
  2. Scholarships available for students in public works
  3. James Sterba to speak on economic inequality
  4. Congressional art competition open to high schoolers
  5. Boyd Elementary in the news
  6. Jackson zookeeper Percy King visits John Wesley Bradley Educational Center

 BOOKSHELF

  1. Subira Publishing to release The Get Em’ Girls Guide to Unlocking the Power of Cuisine
  2. Shattering the Glass
  3. God Made Me
  4. From My People: 400 Years of African American Folklore: An Anthology

 NEWS

  1. Free ACT prep workshops
  2. Crossroads Film Society presents top independent films and workshops

 CONSUMER/BUSINESS

  1. All about identity theft insurance
  2. Beneficial Mississippi Inc. opens three branches in Mississippi

 ENTERTAINMENT

  1. Laurel Isbister to perform at Trinity Lutheran Church
  2. March out to New Stage to jump start your spring!
  3. Starz InBlack honors Spike Lee with marathon
  4. The McClurkin Project’s sophomore CD sizzles with harmonious praise

 SPORTS

  1. JSU Tigers dismantles MVSU, accepts invite to NCAA tournament
  2. ‘Twiggy’ Sanders to enter Harlem Globetrotters’ ‘Legends’ ring
  3. Barrera to meet Marques in Vegas Sat., March 17
  4. JSU athletes in much better shape in 2007
  5. Bulldogs MHSAA champions for third consecutive time

 HEALTH

  1. Improving a home’s indoor air quality
  2. With age comes wisdom; be wise about the risks of breast cancer as you age
  3. Understanding epilepsy
  4. New research on preventing vision loss
  5. The Lion Speaks: African American Men and unemployment
  6. Medicare drug program is working for senior citizens
  7. Helping people with diabetes solve the blood sugar code

 UP AND DOWN FARISH STREET

 CITY FOCUS

Police Officer Ceasar Hamilton: Keeping Jackson in top-notch shape

 BLACK HISTORY EVERY MONTH

  1. Jose’ Marti: Poet, journalist, lawyer, teacher, freedom fighter