Featured Articles for the March 29th - April 4th, 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 

(WOMEN’S EDITION)

NEWS

  1. Women’s History Month: A perfect time to reflect
  2. The CBC Foundation unveils exhibit at women’s history month celebration
  3. Women’s History Month 2007: ‘Of the women, by the women, for the women!’
  4. Deborah Gant focuses on natural health education and community development
  5. Vikki Mumford says it’s time for a change in the circuit clerk’s office
  6. A message to youth
  7. Madam C.J. Walker honored
  8. Four Mississippi firsts
  9. African American women inventors
  10. State is doing great things
  11. Women’s history in good hands with future leaders
  12. Special blood drive for Amber Jefferson
  13. JPS enrollment procedures for 2007-08 pre-kindergarten program
  14. Women in sports
  15. A salute to Mother Evelyn Marshall
  16. Memorable moments in the past 10 decades
  17. Mrs. Emma Lee Williams Horhn: One woman who nurtured generations
  18. Mrs. Jimmie Lee Bither: Remember, lest we forget
  19. Amanda Humphrey Love Bradley: Nearly 50 years of making music
  20. A few other Mississippi songbirds
  21. A journey into the Black film industry
  22. Eva Farrish Ford: A woman with sheer determination
  23. Anne Moody
  24. ACT-SO competition to be held at Chastain
  25. Rust College A’Cappella Choir to perform at Anderson UMC
  26. Sutton’s 19th year pastor’s anniversary
  27. Women in the ministry
  28. The Religious History of American Women
  29. Wives of famous black men
  30. Grandma Emay – Slave ‘activist’
  31. Medgar Evers’ dream remains intact: Mother of the Year program off and running
  32. Clarie Collins Harvey: A champion for human rights
  33. Human rights group criticizes Barbour’s action on abortion
  34. Planned Parenthood says Barbour jeopardizes future of women’s health
  35. Dr. Lovetta Brown on frontline fighting disparities
  36. Flonzie Brown Wright
  37. From the Advocate files: Mrs. Gladys Noel Bates
  38. Maggie Walker: First black woman in U.S. to become president of national bank
  39. The politics of black hairstyles
  40. New campaign to keep young girls safer from online predators
  41. U.S. Department of Justice partners with NCMEC and the Ad Council to help prevent online sexual exploitation
  42. Bess Stephens of HP receives Community Leadership Award
  43. Two Mississippi treasures: Dr. Margaret Walker Alexander and Dr. Alferdteen Harrison
  44. Happy birthday Briana Hoye
  45. ReShonda Tate Billingsley welcomed to Jackson
  46. Books on health
  47. Women who helped pave the way
  48. Rosia Wade Crisler: Learning and teaching is never ending

 ENTERTAINMENT

  1. Shirley Murdock is loving her self and her life these days
  2. Women from the past
  3. Victoria Earle Matthews, Mollie Lewis Moon, Diane Nash, and Gloria Naylor

UP AND DOWN FARISH STREET

 HEALTH

  1. Celebrating mom: The everyday athlete
  2. New checklist helps women know which medical tests are needed in order to stay healthy at any age
  3. The Lion Speaks: Queen Nzinga lives on
  4. The new promise to find a cure for cancer

EDITORIALS

  1. Tisdale’s Topics
  2. Letter to the editor from Gloria A. Petty
  3. I will by Gloria Petty
  4. When the truth is told
  5. Ask the twins

PERSPECTIVE

  1. Three sisters, three illnesses, no health coverage
  2. Ice on Immigration