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. Catholic Ministry
2. Victim relatives question long delay in investigation
3. MBA case against Lumumba in limbo
4. Tragic endings
5. AIDS forum seeks to empower black women
6. Appeals Court rules against reparations
7. Activists call for ouster of Gulfport Mayor Combs
8. Robert Clark honored
9. Dominique Johnson and SSG Ponce show their camaraderie

NATION/WORLD
1. High court affirms pollution ruling against Shell company
2. Apartheid victims to get $3,900 each, says Mbeki
3. My son was framed

STATE/METRO
1. Elease Doyle, owner of Vicksburg Burger Village, dies from aneurysm
2. Bringing the housing boom to underserved communities

EDITORIALS
1. Black leaders: More foes than friends
2. Letter to the editor from Joseph Lily
3. Julian Thomas: A Mountain of a Man
4. Dear Stanley

PERSPECTIVE
1. King’s dream, 40 years later: Has it been lost

NEWS
1. Minority Health Fair set for April 26 in Jackson
2. Three Mo’ Tenors thrills Jackson audience
3. Business and civil leaders gather at Crowne Plaza
4. Former D.C. Mayor Barry promises to expose ‘dirty laundry’
5. War on L.A. streets continues
6. Nina Simone dies
7. 19 Jackson girls vie for Miss Jabberwock title
8. Kidpreneurs conference to launch May 15, 2003
9. The completion of High and Jefferson Streets
10. The North Sea Jazz Festival, Cape Town, South Africa “Africa’s Grandest Gathering”
11. Ethnic health disparities rooted in racism
12. Financial issues can trouble new couples
13. Nurse on SARS front line
14. Mother of three overlooked in Illinois prison clemency move
15. NCNW State Convention Highlights

ENTERTAINMENT
1. “Enter the Matrix” goes gold
2. The Parkers’ Mo’Nique on skinny women
3. “Malibu’s Most Wanted,” not so most wanted
4. New double CD ‘Mint Jam’ captures the Yellowjackets live

BOOKSHELF
1. Father and son discover “lifeline” for young black men
2. Author of Avoiding Armageddon at Barnes and Noble April 26
3. A Photographer of Note: Arkansas Artist Geleve Grice
4. The hottest author tour of 2003 comes to Jackson, MS
5. Uh-Oh, Leonardo
6. Captain Bob takes flight
7. I’m Not Invited?

EDUCATION
1. Students serve as pages for MS Senate
2. MS Museum of Art sponsors Spring Break Art Camp to area students
3. Senator John Horhn speaks to honor students at Hinds’ Utica campus
4. Art Exhibit and reception to honor Callaway High School art students
5. Undergraduates invited to take part in four-day meeting with today’s top African American executives and entrepreneurs
6. KAPLAN offers free PSAT, SAT & ACT practice test

HBCU SPORTS
1. North Carolina Central’s Maroon & Gray Gridiron battle ends in draw
2. JSU blue and white game Saturday
3. Bethune-Cookman softball leads the nation
4. Hampton University Women’s Track and Field squad scored 94 points
5. Norfolk State is the center of regional track competition

NATIONAL SPORTS
1. Indiana Pacers ties series with Boston Celtics, 89-77
2. Spurs hit free throws in the clutch to win
3. Blue Jays spoil Red Sox’s Patriots Day
4. Michael Vick reports for conditioning program
5. Cincinnati Bengals still mulling top pick

HEALTH
1. Tips for fighting seasonal allergies
2. Call for action to cover insured, improve health insurance
3. Antibiotics are a matter of taste
4. Helping families deal with attention deficit disorder
5. Satellites track West Nile virus in the U.S.
6. African Americans needing organ transplants increases