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. Death trial without a client?
2. Brandon students top essayists on Voting Rights Act
3. Children plan book to honor Redmond’s life
4. Mariah Redmond receives resolution
5. Mississippi immigrants show solidarity in fight for rights
6. Easter egg hunt
7. Omar Gordon and Mia Ellis deserves standing ovations for their performance in Dutchman

NATION/WORLD

1.       Gregory Meeks attends inauguration of Jamaica’s first woman prime minister

2.       Nature vs. Nurture: The raising of a young genius

3.       Enjoy a leisurely break in Hampton

STATE/METRO

1. Habitat/Metro Jackson’s new neighbor program
2. MS ACORN pressing city to enforce code
3. Art contest to focus on recycling during Arts, Eats, and Beats
4. Streams suffer from All Terrain Vehicles
5. Katrina fraud indictments continue
6. Brittney Mitchell named Jackson’s Miss Hospitality

EDITORIALS

1. Tisdale’s Topics: Democracy?
2. Going to war in Iran?
3. Uplifting Families: Things you must know and obey before getting married
4. Ask the twins
5. Where are our leaders?

PERSPECTIVE

1. King Kong: Hollywood’s testament to Afrikan-American history

EDUCATION

1. Nominations sought for Mississippi History Teacher of the Year

2. Applications accepted for Butler Scholarship Award

3. Health scholarships available for bilingual college students

4. Base Pair students at Murrah compete in divisional poster sessions

5. Health Careers Awareness Camps

6. Parents’ involvement in schools is critical

7. Brazilian student calls JSU home

8. Kayla Booker offered a Millsaps Presidential Scholarship

9. Diamond Quinn recently served as a page for the Mississippi Senate

10. Reggie Ficklin, Natasha Jackson and Alice Hunter recently served as pages for the Mississippi Senate

BOOKSHELF

1. ‘Chill Bumps’ leaves a trail of mystery and intrigue

2. Tyler Perry writes first book

3. Third World Press publishes New York Times bestseller: ‘The Covenant with Black America’

4. Easter is Here

CONSUMER

1. Choosing a car dealership

2. Chicago businessman donates $10,000 to Prentiss Institute

3. Les Brown to keynote at 2006 World Black Expo

4. Last minute tax tips

CITY FOCUS

1. Albert C. Horton... Living for the city!

NEWS

1. Mary Church Terrell Literary Club luncheon sets high standards
2. Reflections of Alphonso C. Chester
3. Freedom Summer television special
4. Grant announcement
5. Medical Mall to offer convenient health care for new clinic
6. Ultimate Fashion Show, Champagne Luncheon set
7. Spanish language Amtrak.com debuts
8. Tougaloo’s Two Rivers Gala receives five stars

UP AND DOWN FARISH STREET

HEALTH

1. Managing anemia associated with chemotherapy treatment

2. People living longer, retiring sooner

3. Study says eating fish leads to better health

4. Have you had a conversation of the heart with your doctor

5. The Lion Speaks: African American men and the black family

6. Think you needed new glasses? You might have cataracts

7. Reducing the risk of breast cancer recurrence after your surgery

SPORTS

1.   SWAC East on collision course for first place

2.   Hall of Fame establishes Mannie Jackson award

3.    Parks & Recreation sponsoring youth Hershey’s Games

4.   Softball NIT lives up to expectations

5.   Harrison Hal, JSU Tiger great succumbs

6.   The Nine Iron Golf Planning Committee for the 44th Annual Memorial Amateur Golf Tournament meets

ENTERTAINMENT

1. 39th Annual Hampton Jazz Festival, June 23-25

2. Scholarship auditions for summer day camp

3. Gossett added to NAMIC Vision Awards line-up

4. MS Opera to hold auditions for fall production

5. India.Arie to release first new album in four years

6. JSU, Opera/South plan reunion benefit concert

7. Tougaloo College Choir held its annual Spring Concert April 2