Featured Articles for the April 12th - 18th, 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. Sigmas to honor eight stalwarts
  2. Tyrone Lewis Day held at John Wesley Bradley Educational Center
  3. Nursing program at Jackson Medical Mall continues mission of healthcare employment
  4. Healthcare advocates celebrate second year of prescription program
  5. Links want Imus’ show cancelled
  6. Racism in America: Imus, Walthall County Schools bus incident
  7. Ward 5 meeting

NATION/WORLD

  1. Tuskegee Airmen get late justice as Capitol ceremony inspires, invigorates fight against racism
  2. Thurgood Marshall College Fund receives 1 million dollar grant

STATE/METRO       

  1. New immunizations required for 2007-08 school year
  2. HEED to host Fair Housing, Fair Lending Conference and Luncheon April 26-27
  3. Ray Shoemaker in national spotlight
  4. United Blood Services offering free cholesterol tests
  5. 100 Black Men of Jackson holds installation service
  6. Smarty Pants participate in 2007 Spring Early Childhood Conference

EDITORIALS

  1. Tisdale’s Topics: It’s official
  2. Ask the twins
  3. Imposed college board pact: ‘For Whom the Bell Tolls…’
  4. Uplifting Families: Uplifting the value of women

PERSPECTIVE

  1. Our children are dying for health care: Help them
  2. Self-determination and nationalism

EDUCATION

  1. Jackson State to celebrate cultural diversity during International Week
  2. National Teacher of the Year speaks at Hinds
  3. Applications being accepted for Eugene Pulliam Fellowship for Editorial Writing
  4. Former U.S. surgeon general to speak at JSU conference
  5. Scholarships available for students engaged in life of Christian faithfulness
  6. Community and Family Day at Holy Child Jesus
  7. Felix Martin II rewarded with a $1,000 scholarship
  8. Dr. Hattie R. McLin-Bronson named JPS Administrator of the Year

BOOKSHELF

  1. ‘Collie J.”: Grambling’s Man with the Golden Pen
  2. Arilla Sun Down
  3. Moses
  4. Separate, but not Equal
  5. Dizzy
  6. Promises to Keep
  7. Witness
  8. The Journal of Joshua Loper

NEWS

  1. ‘Interkosmos’ to screen at Millsaps
  2. Spring style 2007 will feature simple and easy natural looks
  3. Local residents get a taste of exotic foods
  4. Mississippi Symphony Orchestra presents world-class pianist
  5. Beta Delta Omega holds first economic smart fair forum
  6. From the Advocate files: Jasper Neely, Harold Ford, Congressman Bennie Thompson
  7. Summit held at St. Mark’s to define future of JSU
  8. NAACP ACT-SO competition helps local youth explore their talents
  9. Jabberwock 2007: Glamour, Glitz and Grace to showcase top talents

CONSUMER/BUSINESS

  1. Change on the horizon for Medical Mall District with economic development
  2. Cotton growers prepare for challenge in 2007

ENTERTAINMENT

  1. Natchez Bluff Blues Fest April 20-21
  2. Celebrity Profiles: ‘Meet the Robinsons’; ‘The TV Set’
  3. J Moss’ sophomore album V2 in stores
  4. Osgood and Blaque to perform at Trinity Lutheran
  5. New Stage Theatre continues season with ‘
  6. Moonlight and Magnolias’

SPORTS

  1. JSU’s golf entity is par excellence
  2. Competitive SWAC baseball field challenges critics’ predictions
  3. Monta Ellis: Stokes delivered a ‘Good Friday’ gift to Memphis
  4. Adalius Thomas football camp
  5. Bowling benefit for Spina Bifida Association of MS
  6. College Hill Centennial Scholarship Golf Tournament held

HEALTH

  1. Patient interaction leads Barksdale scholar on anesthesiology match
  2. Hundreds of Mississippians estimated to succumb to colorectal cancer this year
  3. The Lion Speaks: Save our Black boys
  4. Active kids learn better
  5. Seniors: Prevent fall by fixing paining feet

UP AND DOWN FARISH STREET

CITY FOCUS

  1. Tyrone Lewis: Director of training shoots for the stars