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Featured Articles for the March 15th - 21st, 2007 Issue |
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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
- College Hill M.B. Church
just two weeks away from centennial
- Plan to replace HSD bus
drivers must overcome many hurdles
- Solid job market expected
for Jackson
- Small farmers to meet in
Jackson
- FBI asked to probe past
civil rights cases
- Redmond book on tour
NATION/WORLD
- Celebrities commit to
supporting American Red Cross in 2007
- Citizens Trust Bank leads
collaborative effort to rebuild west and Atlanta community
- Nissan North America
awards $25,000 to Perkins Foundation Mentoring Program
STATE/METRO
- Mission Mississippi
president named 2007 trailblazer
- Louis D. Richard presents
speech at Piney Woods
- From the Advocate files:
Henry Kirksey, Addie Green, and Shirley Watson Harrington
- Benjamin Chavis to lecture
on hip hop at MVSU Mar. 20
- Rep. Jim Evans guest
speaker at the Public Healthcare and Education Workers Conference
EDITORIALS
- The sins of the fathers
are the fruits of the sons
- City clerk a vital link in
county government
- Tisdale’s Topics: Farish
Street in mourning
- Uplifting Families: Anger
is nothing to play with
- Ask the twins
PERSPECTIVE
- Where were Barack and
Hillary before ‘Bloody Sunday’ observance?
- Reparations and political
prisoners
EDUCATION
- Geospatial Data course
Mar. 28-29
- Scholarships available for
students in public works
- James Sterba to speak on
economic inequality
- Congressional art
competition open to high schoolers
- Boyd Elementary in the
news
- Jackson zookeeper Percy
King visits John Wesley Bradley Educational Center
BOOKSHELF
- Subira Publishing to
release The Get Em’ Girls Guide to Unlocking the Power of Cuisine
- Shattering the Glass
- God Made Me
- From My People: 400 Years
of African American Folklore: An Anthology
NEWS
- Free ACT prep workshops
- Crossroads Film Society
presents top independent films and workshops
CONSUMER/BUSINESS
- All about identity theft
insurance
- Beneficial Mississippi
Inc. opens three branches in Mississippi
ENTERTAINMENT
- Laurel Isbister to perform
at Trinity Lutheran Church
- March out to New Stage to
jump start your spring!
- Starz InBlack honors Spike
Lee with marathon
- The McClurkin Project’s
sophomore CD sizzles with harmonious praise
SPORTS
- JSU Tigers dismantles MVSU,
accepts invite to NCAA tournament
- ‘Twiggy’ Sanders to enter
Harlem Globetrotters’ ‘Legends’ ring
- Barrera to meet Marques in
Vegas Sat., March 17
- JSU athletes in much
better shape in 2007
- Bulldogs MHSAA champions
for third consecutive time
HEALTH
- Improving a home’s indoor
air quality
- With age comes wisdom; be
wise about the risks of breast cancer as you age
- Understanding epilepsy
- New research on preventing
vision loss
- The Lion Speaks: African
American Men and unemployment
- Medicare drug program is
working for senior citizens
- 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
- Jose’ Marti: Poet,
journalist, lawyer, teacher, freedom fighter