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. “White fright” fueled flames of 1971 tragedy in Jackson
2. NAACP says no to IRS request for documents
3. Lawyers protest Smith’s arrest
4. National Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Day Feb. 7th
5. Stop the lies!
6. Mike Moore rallies for increased tobacco tax
7. Charles E. Smith’s artistic flair

NATION/WORLD
1. Jackson promises he’ll be vindicated
2. Bill Cosby admits fondling his accuser
3. Black educator sued by school
4. Wealth does not protect millionaire from racism
5. NAACP joins lawsuit against Waffle House restaurants
6. JPMorgan Chase & Co. admits link to slavery

EDITORIALS
1. Is racism deliberately confused and misconstrued?
2. Access to education cannot be denied
3. Comments after viewing Hotel Rwanda
4. Uplifting Families: DEATH is the Life of Family
5. Letter to the editor from Renetta W. Howard
6. Tisdale’s Topics: Racists, one and all!

PERSPECTIVE
1. Practicing Pan Africanism in the United States
2. Immigration law question and answer

EDUCATION
1. ACT Preparation Workshop, Feb. 5
2. Business and Professional Foundation scholarship
3. MS PTA Barksdale Award
4. NAACP opposes planned cuts in pell grant program
5. America Reads-Mississippi to lead national program
6. 1st place team winners of the JPS District Chess Tournament
7. Mississippi receives federal funding for faith-based and community organizations

STATE/METRO
1. Giovanni, Nelson create artwork for Sears
2. Ebony Fashion Fair in Jackson Feb. 18
3. State of Tobacco Control in Mississippi
4. New rule allows military attorneys to practice law in state courts

NEWS
1. The State of MS and the Face of Emmett Till dramatization
2. MSO continues with “A Night at the Oscars”
3. Spellbound by “The Gospel”
4. Piney Woods School: Living the Dream
5. The Civil Rights movement and the legacy of Timbuktu exhibition project
6. The Links, Inc. LeFleur’s Bluff Mardi Gras Ball 2005
7. Bush tells CBC he’s “unfamiliar’ with Voting Rights Act of 1965

BOOKSHELF
1. David Anthony Durham to visit Mississippi
2. “The Rock Orchard” book signing Feb. 17
3. A Family Affair
4. Satchel Paige
5. Koi and the Kola Nuts

CONSUMER/BUSINESS
1. Unemployment rate remains the same for December
2. Ultra Sheen and Magic Johnson team up to celebrate Black History Month
3. J&J awards MS State Hospital $10,000 grant
4. The Salvation Army teams up with area restaurants to tackle hunger
5. 5th Annual MS Majesty Awards to be held
6. Salt & Pepper Men’s Club Annual Heritage Award 2005 honorees

HEALTH
1. Allergy discomfort is nothing to sneeze at
2. Local church ministers with free prostate screenings
3. Mississippi can keep 32,30 kids from smoking
4. Division of Medicaid declares “partnership” funding illegal, will pursue legal action
5. Abstinence-teaching clothing line goes nationwide
6. The Lions Speak: Future issues of African American men (Part 1)

UP AND DOWN FARISH STREET
From an Astronaut whose life was taken as he dedicated a life’s work to America’s advance in space to civil rights fighters and inventors, among others. We delve into Black History Month with a bit of trepidation, fed by the alarming numbers of black on black murders that rake the city, the nation, and the world. We are fast becoming our own worst enemy. A statistic no so-called “BLACK LEADER” has the guts to tackle. We also say that no man who had not offered his life on the battlefield for his country is truly entitled to all the rights and privileges of the country unless he was too young, or too old, to defend freedom when it was challenged. Then, after stinging you with the facts, we reluctantly Move on Down the Line!

ENTERTAINMENT
1. MAC announces grants application deadline
2. NAACP applauds 77th Annual Academy Award nominations
3. Irv Gotti and brother Chris plead not guilty, 50 Cent speaks out
4. Spike Lee releases Malcolm X Special Edition February 8th
5. “Down Low” spouse speaks of her ordeal through new book “On the Up and Up”

SPORTS
1. Mississippi Stingers visited Clarksdale public schools
2. Former Lady Tiger to play professionally
3. MS athletes worthy to be lauded as major part of Black History
4. Jackson State’s seating for sports writers flawed
5. Mississippi Braves season tickets on sale February 7
Stoglin to coach ABA All-Star team