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 PAGE
1. City financial recovery riding on raising car theft rate
2. Literary Luncheon
3. Julicia Mays honored
4. Landowners declare victory in Nissan war
5. McLemore shuts off mayor's power
6. Medicaid bills not dead
7. Hundreds pay homage to Ruth Owens
8. Black Spring Break: A bust for some, pleasant for others
9. NAACP joins discrimination case against Cracker Barrel
10. Winston Kid run for election

NATION/WORLD
1. Domestic violence is a serious problem
2. Don King rallies Oprah Winfrey and other notables to raise over $6 million at gala fundraiser

STATE/METRO
1. Moss Point/Jackson County Branch of the NAACP Annual Freedom Fund Banquet
2. Getting and staying drug and alcohol free
3. Wanda Stringer's field trip
4. Lucy Allen named new director of Museum Director of Archives and History
5. Lazich named new planetarium manager
6. Creativity and Resistance: Maroon Cultures in the Americas at the Smith Robertson April 22

EDITORIALS
1. Tisdale's Topics: The black traitors
2. Letter to the Editor from Thomas Jones
3. National ego and World survival

PERSPECTIVE
1. Millions for reparations rally: It's our turn

HOMELAND DEFENSE NEWS
1. Four indicted for aiding terrorist Sheik Omar Abdel
2. Phones may be a threat
3. Al Qaeda hunt continues
4. America salutes Kenneth Walker
5. Powell appeals for "common vision"
6. Conyers criticizes immigration officials
7. Speaking Out: What black leaders are saying about the war on terrorism
8. Norton fumes over terror's impact on DC

EDUCATION
1. MBC chairman pledges $100,000 gift to Morehouse School of Religion
2. White House awards Terry teacher for excellence in science training
3. $1,000 scholarships awarded to seventeen deserving students
4. Second Ebunezer church's Fifth Annual Historical Black College Fair
5. Tom Joyner Foundation receives $250,000
6. UNCF's Technology Initiative receives $1 million donation

ENTERTAINMENT
1. It was a "full moon" for Brandy
2. Motown's newest songstress Sharissa
3. Angelle Brooks is an angel of an actress
4. Donald Lawrence: "Go get your life back"
5. Sexy, smooth, and soulful
6. Wring comes from her soul

BOOKSHELF
1. Sittin' in the Front Pew
2. The Transformation of American Abolitionism
3. The Teen Health Book: A Parent's Guide to Adolescent Health and Well-Being

SPORTS
1. Thomas Billups: A winning coach
2. Sports psychologist at Jackson State University
3. Weekly honor roll
4. Rice/Totten Celebrity Golf Classic
5. Roast for Coach Davey L. Whitney
6. Florida State and FAMU square off
7. Bulldogs score double shutoffs
8. TSU splits with Southern in first of two day set
9. Albany State hosts Alice Coachman Invitational
10. Bowie State Lady Bulldogs take down Lady Bisons
11. 2002 Black College Basketball standings
12. Pro sports scoreboard
13. Trailblazers stay on heels of T-Wolves in NBA playoff race
14. Mets break team record: Nine runs in the ninth inning
15. Wizards place Michael Jordan on injured list
16. Browns agree to terms with LB Earl Holmes

UP AND DOWN FARISH STREET
1. April 1968, a shot rang out, a king died, and out from the woodwork came a passel
of hypocrites
2. Walter White and Joseph Albright
3. Letter concerning head of the NAACP
4. Letter concerning Ray Charles

HEALTH
1. Pregnancy stretch marks on Afro-American women can now be avoided
2. Natural ways to help improve your memory
3. Don't lose sleep, but do all possible to deal with insomnia
4. Good communication skills lead to good marriage relationships
5. Breaking stress patterns is key to stress management
6. Hip fracture: Tips for reducing your risk
7. Sexually transmitted diseases, let's talk key facts and figures
8. Aging expert advises a "balanced TV diet"
9. Study of schizophrenia/bipolar disorder underway
10. Eye drops may offer relief for women with dry eye

CALENDAR

FOOD
1. She-crab soup
2. Rockfish marinade
3. Chesapeake Bay blue crab cakes
4. Oyster stew
5. Grey goose peaches and cream pie