JACKSON ADVOCATE – MARCH 19-25, 2020; VOL. 82, NO. 25

VOL. 82, NO. 25

MARCH 19-25, 2020

JACKSON, MISSISSIPPI

SECTION: A

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STATE

CASES

DEATHS

STATE

CASES

DEATHS

NEW YORK

2,495

13

KENTUCKY

26

1

WASHINGTON

1,706

55

CALIFORNIA

751

12

NEW HAMPSHIRE

26

0

NEW JERSEY

267

3

IOWA

23

0

MASSACHUSETTS

218

0

NEW MEXICO

23

0

FLORIDA

314

6

RHODE ISLAND

23

0

LOUISIANA

196

4

ARKANSAS

22

0

ILLINOIS

161

1

22

0

COLORADO

160

2

DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

GEORGIA

146

1

NEBRASKA

21

0

PENNSYLVANIA

112

0

ARIZONA

20

0

TEXAS

110

1

OKLAHOMA

19

0

TENNESSEE

74

0

KANSAS

18

1

WISCONSIN

72

0

DELAWARE

16

0

CONNECTICUT

68

0

VERMONT

12

0

OHIO

67

0

MISSOURI

11

0

VIRGINIA

67

2

OREGON

66

1

MICHIGAN

65

0

NORTH CAROLINA

64

0

MARYLAND

60

0

MINNESOTA

60

0

NEVADA

56

1

UTAH

51

0

SOUTH CAROLINA

47

1

ALABAMA

39

0

MISSISSIPPI

34

0

VIRGIN ISLANDS

MAINE

32

0

INDIANA

30

2

SOUTH DAKOTA 11

1

WYOMING

11

0

HAWAII

10

0

MONTANA

9

0

IDAHO

8

0

PUERTO RICO

5

0

ALASKA

3

0

GUAM

3

0

NORTH DAKOTA

3

0

2

0

WEST VIRGINIA 1

0

*Numbers as accurate as possible at press time

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Jackson, Mississippi

Remember, Lest We Forget In memoriam of Mrs. Esther Martin Rigsby Mrs. Esther Martin Rigsby entered into eternal rest on March 17, 2020. There will be a viewing on Friday, March 20, 2020 at Peoples Funeral Home, 886 N. Farish Street in Jackson, Mississippi.

The time is 4:00-7:00 p.m. Due to recent events affecting the nation, a private funeral and interment will be held. A Celebration of Life will be held at a later date to be announced.

She was born on August 31, 1932 to Rev. and Mrs. Alex L. Martin in Port Gibson, Mississippi.

Her parents and siblings predeceased her. She was a graduate of Claiborne County Training School, where she was the class salutatorian and choir accompanist. She matriculated at Alcorn State University, where she received a Bachelor of Science Degree in English Education. While at Alcorn, she was a member of the college choir, the Dramatic Guild, and was initiated into the Gamma Phi Chapter of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Incorporated.

On December 25, 1954, she united in holy

matrimony to her college sweetheart: Dr. John D. Rigsby. He predeceased her.

Her other educational attainments included the Master of Science Degree in English Education from Indiana University. She also attained advanced certifications in Curriculum and Instruction and did additional studies at Mississippi State University, University of Southern Mississippi, and New York University.

Her teaching career was in several Mississippi School Districts: Quitman County, LeFlore County, Rankin County, and Jackson Public Schools. During her career, she taught English, Journalism, Speech, Drama, and Reading. She served as newspaper and yearbook advisor, District-wide English Department Chair, and participated in the writing and implementation of English instructional manuals. She was also employed at Tougaloo College as an Assistant Professor of English and Coordinator of Humanities Special Events. During her career, she served as an

Adjunct Instructor of English at Alcorn State University, Jackson State University, and Hinds Community College. Further, she was an Essay Reader for the Graduate Record Education administered by the

Educational Testing Service.

As a child, she joined First Baptist Church in Port Gibson, Mississippi where she was the pianist for the church and state pianist for the General Missionary Baptist State Convention of Mississippi.

Mrs. Rigsby was a member of New Hope Baptist Church in Jackson, Mississippi for over sixty years. She served in many capacities: pianist for the Senior Choir; CoDirector of the Junior Choir; Alto Vocalist in the Sanctuary Choir; Vice President of the Women’s Missionary Union; Publicity Coordinator; and Deaconess Chair.

Her community service included membership in the National Association for the Advancement for Colored People, Jackson Urban League, and the International Community Action Network.

Mrs. Rigsby served Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority on many levels: President of the Beta Delta Omega Chapter, 17th South Eastern Regional Director, member of the International Board of Directors, and served on five international committees: Standards, Membership, Programs, Nominating, and Constitution. She was coauthor of the local chapter history book: “Capturing A Vision Fair” and a member of the Editorial Advisory Board for the sorority’s centennial history

publication: “Pearls of Wisdom.” She was a charter member of The LeFleur’s Bluff Chapter of The Links, Incorporated, where she served as Financial Secretary and Chair of the Arts Facet.

She was inducted into the Alcorn State University’s Hall of Honor and received the NAACP’s Mother of the Year Award.

She also received many recognitions and honors for her leadership in various organizations. She served as a mentor to numerous students and teachers.

Mrs. Rigsby is survived by her four sons: Reginald D. Rigsby, M.D., of Madison, Mississippi; Delbert K. Rigsby, Esq. of Mitchellville, Maryland; Mark D. Rigsby of Beech Island, South Carolina; and Kenneth W. Rigsby of Nashville, Tennessee. Her daughtersin-law are Terri, Linda, and Virginia Rigsby. Her grandchildren are: Erin (Devin) Hawkins, Esq. of New Orleans, Louisiana; Morgan D. Rigsby and Markesa B. Rigsby of Nashville, Tennessee; and Reginald D. Rigsby II of Madison, Mississippi.

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Jackson, Mississippi

March 19-25, 2020

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Jackson Advocate

Jackson, Mississippi

Grocery stores and doctor’s office waiting rooms empty all over the Jackson metro area in the wake of COVID-19 infiltration in the state of Mississippi.

WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW

As of Wednesday, March 18, 2020, the Mississippi State Department of Health has reported 34 cases of COVID-19 in Mississippi in fourteen counties, with 513 individuals tested in total. Thirteen of the 34 were new cases from eight counties. So far the cases reported are: Bolivar – 2, Coahoma – 2, Copiah – 2, DeSoto – 1, Forrest –3, Hancock –2, Harrison – 4, Hinds – 6, Jackson – 1, Leflore – 4, Madi-

NATIONAL During the NAACP’s Emergency Tele-Town Hall, held on March 15, 2020, Senator Kamala Harris spoke on the effect the COVID-19 pandemic has had on American life. “This pandemic is stretching our healthcare system, economy and causing grief among our communities,” she said.

Congresswoman Robin Kelly talked in-depth about the two bills that were passed for coronavirus preparedness. She stated, “100 million of 8.3 billion dollars would be directed to community health centers for underserved groups and 950 million for state and local public health response that will be disbursed via the Center for Disease Control (CDC).”

The Families First Coronavirus Response Act, also known as HR.6201, will: • Provide free COVID-19 testing to the uninsured; • Target health provisions to COVID-19, without including unrelated treatments; • Increase flexibility for health care providers to provide care, including additional access to telehealth; • Expand unemployment, food assistance, and paid leave benefits; and • Provide Medicaid funding to help states alleviate budget shortfalls.

son –1, Monroe – 1, Pearl River – 4, and Perry – 1. MSDH urges citizens to avoid large gatherings, keep your distance in public, keep hands clean, and stay home if you are sick. Respiratory droplets that contain the virus can stay in the air for up to 3 hours and on surface for up to 3 days. Find complete information about COVID-19 and preventive steps to take at http://HealthyMS.com/covid-19

STATE LEGISLATURE/OFFICES On March 16, Governor Tate Reeves signed two executive orders to further the state’s response to COVID-19 and aid Mississippians being impacted.

“While you may be healthy, this is about protecting your loved ones, your neighbors, and people across Mississippi. We must look after one another during this trying time.

We will come through this together—stronger,” said Governor Tate Reeves.

Executive Order No. 1459 activates the Mississippi National Guard to support mobile testing units and support Mississippi State Department of Health and Mississippi Emergency Management Agency at the testing locations. The Governor plans to implement the additional mobile testing sites throughout Mississippi in the coming days.

Governor Reeves also signed Executive Order No. 1458 which allows state agencies to determine which state employees are essential and send everyone else home. The Governor encouraged other businesses in Mississippi to do the same with their employees.

Working to take care of our children during this difficult time, the Governor also asks schools in Executive Order No. 1458 to begin working with the Mississippi Department of

Education to develop distance learning protocols as the state determines how long schools should remain closed. The second executive order asks schools to continue providing free and reduced lunches to students as well.

Executive Order No. 1458 also ensures paid leave for any state or local employees missing work due to COVID-19.

----------------------------------On Tuesday, March 17, the Mississippi House of Representatives suspended the legislative ses-sion until April 1 at 2 p.m., or a date mutually agreed upon by Speaker of the House Philip Gunn and Lt. Governor Delbert Hosemann if necessary.

Before the House could adjourn, several items needed to be taken up in relation to the suspension. Because the general bill deadline has already passed, a resolution was needed to suspend the rules and allow for a general bill to be introduced.

Senate Concurrent Resolution 561 called for a suspension of the rules and for the introduction of a bill to authorize leave with pay for local government and local school district employees.

There is a statute that allows for state employees to receive benefits during certain circumstances, but

the statute did not permit the same for local government employees. House Bill 1647 was then introduced authorizing local governmental entities and school districts to grant administrative leave with pay during certain emergencies. The bill passed with a bipartisan vote of 118-2. The second resolution taken up was House Concurrent Resolution 65.

The resolution extends the session by 30 days, allows for reconvening on April 1 or upon determination by the House and Senate and adjusts the session deadlines to conform with the extended schedule. HCR 65 passed by a vote of 82-38.

The Senate voted and passed H1647 and HCR 65 on the morning of Wednesday, March 18.

----------------------------------The Secretary of State’s office buildings temporarily closed to the public.

Citizens can call 601-3591350 during business hours or visit our website, sos. ms.gov, for more information.

----------------------------------The MS Department of Transportation’s construction and maintenance crews will remain on duty to perform core job requirements such as construction inspections, roadway repairs and severe weather response. Employees who get sick or come into con-

tact with confirmed cases, know to notify supervisors immediately.

----------------------------------Mississippi Department of Wildlife, Fisheries, and Parks (MDWFP) announced that its state and regional offices will be closed to the public.

State Lakes will remain open for those that wish to go fishing; however, State Fishing Lake offices and bath houses will be closed.

• State Parks’ bath houses and primitive camping areas will be closed; however, RV camping will remain open.

• The Museum of Natural Science and the North Mississippi Visitor Education Center will be closed to the public.

• MDWFP Shooting Facilities, Turcotte, McHenry, and McIvor will remain open; however, tournaments and events are canceled.

• MDWFP Wildlife Management Areas will remain open ----------------------------------The Supreme Court and the Chief Justice, in his capacity as chief administrative officer of all courts in the state, find that consistent with the Constitution of this State, all local and state courts shall remain open.

COUNTY/ CITY The Hinds County Board of Supervisors held a press conference on Monday, March 16. They declared a state of emergency for Hinds County. All County offices will remain open on a limited access basis, including the tax collector and tax assessor offices, chancery clerk, circuit clerk and chancery and circuit courts.

All non-essential employees have been sent home until March 30. All county recreational facilities are closed.

----------------------------------Mayor Chokwe Lumumba has declared a civil emergency for the City of Jackson. Gatherings of 10 or more people are prohibited.

Bars have been ordered to close and restaurants may operate as take-out, drivethrough, or delivery service only.

All City of Jackson’s remaining scheduled Public Hearings and Application Workshop regarding the development of its 2020-2024 Consolidated Plan and its 2020 One-Year Action Plan have been postponed until further notice.

All city events have been postponed.

----------------------------------Mayor George Flaggs Office with Warren County Board of Supervisors President Jeff Holland declared a state of emergency for Vicksburg and Warren County.

Jackson Advocate

Jackson, Mississippi

In January of this year, COVID-19 seems like a far-off threat that probably wouldn’t reach us. Now, it is literally hitting home. On Monday, March 16, Mississippi native and longtime New Yorker, Toni Seawright, announced that she had contracted the coronavirus last week. She told the Jackson Advocate Tuesday that she is improving under self quarantine. When asked how she fell victim to the "beast," Seawright said, "I believe it (coronavirus) is airborne. I went in to the city on [last] Tuesday for an interview. No one was coughing around me. Tuesday evening and daytime Wednesday, I was asymptomatic.

Wednesday evening, I started coughing and had a fever.

One thing about being sick, you lose your appetite. We're staying hydrated and staying in," Toni said, concerning herself and two adult sons, who aren't showing any signs of the virus. The first black Miss Mississippi says the family is making the best of a bad situation. "We have all our music equipment in the house and are working on new matetial. We might even write a song about this."

March 19-25, 2020

Our very own LaVerne and Charles Gentry did not think that their annual vacation would end without knowing how to get back home. They flew to Amsterdam and then to Dubai on February 27, 2020. There, they boarded the Norwegian Spirit Cruise Ship and have been on the ship since March 5. However, since March 13, they have been sailing without anywhere to port.

“Some ports have closed and some will not allow us to dock,” says Gentry. She also noted that one place allowed them to get fuel and supplies but would not allow them to come to shore.

They are to arrive in Cape Town on March 22. Per local authorities, all guests must have a flight departing from Cape Town on March 22. However, the Gentrys were only able to get a scheduled flight on March 25. At press time, the Gentrys are unsure if the ship will even be allowed to dock. Many Americans are aboard the ship and are also trying to find ways to get home.

This is even further complicated by the recent announcement

SYMPTOMS Mild COVID-19 cases: • fever • cough • shortness of breath Severe COVID-19 cases: • chest pain • pneumonia In addition to the preventive measures mentioned through these pages, the best strategy to help your body fortify itself against illness is to minimize stress. During the NAACP Tele-Town Hall, Jerome Adams, U.S. Surgeon General, offered rallying advice about what actions individuals can take to cope with the anxiety the virus is causing and health measures to take to ensure safety is a number one priority. He also mentioned four different methods of testing established through the Centers for Disease Control (CDC), state and local labs, and hospitals. in closing, he mentioned, “I’m fighting for black and brown communities, people who are disadvantaged, and families that need support.”

RESOURCES The Jackson Hinds Library System continues to offer online options for the library card holders to access e-books, e-audios and digital magazines on computers and mobile devices. These resources are now accessible without a library card.

Options include: • Tumble Book Library – Grades K-6 (Story Books • Read Alongs • E-books • Graphic Novels • Nonfiction • Videos • Language Learning • Playlists • Puzzles & Games) • TumbleMath – Grades K-6 • Picture Books on Arithmetic, Measurements, Fractions, Finance, Time and Temperature, etc. • Quizzes • Teen Book Cloud – Grades 7-12 • Fiction • Nonfiction • Drama and Poetry • Enhanced E-books • Graphic Novels • Videos • AP English • E-audios • Audio Book Cloud – All Ages • Classics • Children • Young Adult (YA) • Spanish Audio Books • Romance • Mystery and Suspense • Westerns • Science Fiction • Historical Fiction To access these services, click on one of the buttons at jhlibrary.org/tumblebooks.

made by South African President Cyril Ramaphosa on March 15, 2020. Ramaphosa announced that the country would be taking measures to combat the spread of the virus. They imposed a travel ban on foreign nationals from high-risk countries, including the United States. Also, travellers who have entered South Africa from high-risk countries since mid-February will be required to present themselves for testing.

South Africa has 72 ports of entry in the country which are land, sea and air ports. Of the 53 land ports, 35 were shut down on Monday, March 16. Two of the 8 sea ports are closed for passengers and crew changes.

Aboard the ship, they are taking every precaution to check to see if anyone has the virus. Temperatures are checked frequently and menus are copied and discarded after every use, among other strategies. *Pictured (left to right): Earnest and Becky Johnson - Little Rock AR, Drs. Iley and Abdul Mohamed, and LaVerne and Charles Gentry.

CLOSURES

EDUCATION Jackson Public Schools and the Mississippi Food Network will administer two feeding programs in support of our scholars and their families during extended school closures.

Grab-And-Go Breakfast & Lunch March 18-20 & March 23-27 | 9–11 a.m No cost for children 18 and under. No ID required.

Adult meal prices: $2.50 for breakfast and $3.75 for lunch.

Instructional packets for grades K-12 will be distributed at the grab-and-go locations.

NORTH • Boyd Elem. (4531 Broadmeadow St.) • North Jackson Elem.

(650 James M. Davis Dr.) • Spann Elem. (1615 Brecon Dr.) CENTRAL • Blackburn Middle (1311 W. Pearl St.) • Galloway Elem. (186 Idlewild St.) • Lake Elem. (472 Mt. Vernon Ave.) • Raines Elem. (156 N. Flag Chapel Rd.) • Smith Elem. (3900 Parkway Ave.) SOUTH • Marshall Elem. (2909 Oak Forest Dr.) • Peeples Middle (2940 Belvedere Dr.) • Whitten Middle (210 Daniel Lake Blvd.)

• Wilkins Elem. (1970 Castle Hill Dr.) Food Box Distribution Saturday, March 21 10 A.M.–12 P.M. Peeples Middle 2940 Belvedere Dr. (While supplies last.)

----------------------------------The Mississippi Department of Education (MDE) Office of Special Education has created a Q & A page on their website as a resource to parents of children with disabilities to help support their learning during school closures. Please visit the MDE’s Special Education webpage for more information and for an email list of staff contacts: www.mdek12. org/OSE. ----------------------------------Canton Public School District will not return to

school until March 30, 2020.

CPSD will serve Lunch-ToGo. The health and well-being of our students is our top priority. We want to make sure our students have access to well-balanced meals during this time. Therefore, the Canton Public School District will start serving Lunch-To-Go Monday through Friday beginning on March 23, 2020 until further notice at McNeal and Canton Elementary Schools.

All school-aged children will eat FREE. Children MUST BE PRESENT to get their meal. Lunch will be served from 10:00 a.m.-12:30 p.m.

----------------------------------The Hinds County School District (HCSD) Board of Trustees voted unanimously to extend the district’s spring break through Friday, March 27, 2020.

Currently, the earliest date students could return to school is Monday, March 30, 2020. However, HCSD will notify parents and community members if the break is extended for additional days.

Beginning on Monday, March 23, HCSD will implement an “At-Home Blended Personalized Learning” approach for all students. Teachers will share coursework through online learning platforms, email, and print copies mailed directly to students to ensure they are continuing to build the twenty-first century skills that will prepare them for college and careers.

Families can expect to receive “Blended Study at Home Course Work Agendas” in the mail no later than Wednesday, March 25, 2020. If parents do not receive an agenda for their child by Wednesday, March 25, please contact covol9@ hinds.k12.ms.us .

----------------------------------The Holmes County Consolidated School District (HCCSD) will be closed until Friday, March 20.

HCCSD is prepared to meet student-nutritional needs, by providing daily GRAB and GO meals.

These daily meals will include breakfast and lunch, and will be delivered to

all area school bus-stops.

Students are asked to be at bus-stops between 7:30 and 9:00am for breakfast, and return to bus-stops for lunch between 11:30 and 1:00pm.

----------------------------------In response to the coronavirus pandemic, Mississippi Institutions of Higher Learning (IHL) recommendations are that traditional commencement exercises at all Mississippi universities and colleges be indefinitely postponed.

Jackson State University’s Acting President Thomas K. Hudson announced that all university-sponsored events are canceled for the duration of the semester and said this decision will affect spring commencement ceremonies.

Hudson said, “It is also with great consideration that we have decided to indefinitely postpone graduate and undergraduate commencement initially scheduled for Friday, May 1, and Saturday, May 2. Information regarding the conferring of degrees will be communicated at a later date.”

He reiterated the safety of the entire campus.

“It is our sole intent to insulate our students, faculty, staff and extended JSU family from this pandemic.

The best way to ensure everyone’s safety is through the elimination of events where large groups are likely to congregate. We will do our best to reschedule a full participation commencment for the Golden Class of 1970 and the Spring Class of 2020. We will continue to follow the guidance of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the Mississippi State Department of Health and the State Institutions of Higher Learning,” Hudson said.

Beginning March 23, all classes will be offered online through the end of the semester. All students who can return home or make other living accommodations are asked to do so and prepare to begin online instruction on Monday, March 23.

While the University remains open with housing and food services available, JSU strongly encourages students to return home.

JSU has listed some internal and external resources available to assist students who may face financial challenges associated with a move.

Also, Hudson said, “We are especially fortunate to have the JSU GAP Funding available for students in need of financial assistance.

A big thank-you to the JSU Development Foundation for making these funds available to our students.”

For additional updates and information, follow https://www.jsums.edu/ covid19.

----------------------------------As the COVID-19 pandemic seems to heighten, Tougaloo College is taking every precaution to ensure the safety of our students, faculty, staff, and others.

The Tougaloo Coronavirus Response Team is monitoring new developments and making tough decisions as they arise. Every attempt is being made to ensure that the academic progress of Tougaloo College students is uninhibited. With this in mind, the following decisions have been made: • In response to recent information provided by the CDC, remote instruction will extend throughout the remainder of this spring semester.

• Instructions will be provided to students regarding when and how belongings in the residence halls may be retrieved.

• The College is working on a plan to provide prorated refunds to students who lived in the residence halls.

• Tougaloo College will postpone all baccalaureate and commencement activities indefinitely until clearance is provided from the CDC. The College looks forward to honoring our graduates once it is deemed safe to do so.

----------------------------------Alcorn State University has postponed their Spring 2020 Commencement and Alumni Reunion Weekend until further notice.

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Greater Jackson Chamber • Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians (MBCI) Tribal government officials and Pearl River Resort Executive leaders have made the decision to temporarily close all Pearl River Resort properties, including Silver Star Hotel & Casino, Golden Moon Hotel & Casino, Dancing Rabbit Golf Club, and Geyser Falls Water Theme Park located in Choctaw, Mississippi and Bok Homa Casino located in Sandersville, MS • International Museum of Muslim Culture –for more information email: museumtimbuktu@ bellsouth.net ----------------------------------Bishop Joseph Kopacz announced that Public Masses in every parish, school and institution in the Diocese of Jackson are suspended effective immediately until further notice.

• All gatherings in parishes also are suspended effective immediately until further notice, including faith formation, CCD, RCIA, Stations, Adoration, etc.

• All Penance Services, School Masses and Healing Masses are suspended as stated in the March 13 directives.

• For the foreseeable future, funerals should be simple graveside services with a small gathering and a memorial Mass may be celebrated at a later date.

• All public St. Joseph Altars are suspended.

• Weddings should consist of gatherings of 10 or less and must use Rite of Marriage Outside of Mass.

• The Diocesan Chrism Mass will be celebrated privately by Bishop Kopacz and oils will be distributed at a later date.

----------------------------------Many national and local stores, restaurants, organizations, churches and other businesses have closed their doors or changed their store hours for the forseeable future. Visit company websites for more information.

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State/Metro I found the love of my life

By James & Natasha King Jackson Advocate Guest Writers

Have you ever found yourself looking for that moment where it felt like “you’re the perfect verse over a tight beat?”

What voice, what feeling, what touch accompanied that moment? Between the romantic comedies that are binge-watch with a blanket and a snack worthy and all the life experiences that provide the framework in your subconscious mind, you probably have a textbook definition of love with multiple entries. With no clear definition of love, mismanaged expectations develop some rather complicated situations. Have you been there?

Perhaps, someone has said to you, “You need to love yourself before you try to love somebody else.” The inward conversation ensues… “I do love myself…

Wait, I think I love me…Of course I do! But if I did, would I tolerate this? Would I allow myself to think that about me?

If I love me, why am I still dealing with forgiving myself? Can I love myself but not believe in myself? How is it that I can love others, but I don’t know how to truly love myself? What is love anyway?”

Love is a mature decision to have and show compassion and care regardless of the other person’s actions or feelings towards you. This understanding guides you into seeing that love is more than just a feeling. It is the most powerful emotion, greater than hope and faith. There is no greater evidence of this than God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son. So, how then do you have self-love? Especially when you may have never been taught what it is, and all the many influences around you suggest otherwise? Decide to choose

James and Natasha King Him, because God is love. By choosing Him, you allow Him to come into your heart, the deep layers of your mind, and remove anything that is not of Him. Only God can show you why you think, feel, or act the way that you do. He’ll whisper it to you while you are driving, ironing clothes, or in the shower. God also gives you glimpses of who you really are – not the person you feel like at some given moment or who you see yourself as in comparison to someone else, but His truth about you.

Becoming that truth is the journey of self-love. It is a process of decision-making that puts a halt to the drifting brought on by life circumstances, creating the conditions that you want. Self-love requires hope and faith – hope to believe that God’s truth about you is real and faith to persistently pursue it. On the surface, selflove may look like taking a long drive, dating yourself, doing your favorite hobby, tackling your finances responsibly, cleaning your home, removing yourself from non-serving relationships, humbling yourself to learn from someone else, etc.

These things in themselves do not define self-love, but they provide a space for you to think for yourself and make decisions that benefit you, decisions that help you become your truth, the love of your life – you.

The Opening Reception for the How We Fly took place on Saturday, Feb. 22, 2020 at the Arts Center of Mississippi.

How We Fly is a combined art show featuring the work of Adrienne Domnick, Sabrina Howard, and Talamieka Brice. The innovative show came about as a desire for more representation in the art world. Throughout the artists’ combined 50 years of experience, they’d never participated in a show where they weren’t the only minority – being both black and female.

“Usually, I’m the only artist of color or only female,” Domnick said in agreement with her colleagues. “There is a serious lack of representation in the art world, and this show aims to rectify some of that by showing black women working in the art field as well as the diversity of their styles,” Brice added. “It’s important to see yourself in the world, and growing up I didn’t see a lot of artists that looked like me or could relate to my life experiences,” Howard said.

(Photos by Anita Young)

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Worship Service.......................... 9:30 a.m.

6:30pm Wednesday Bible Study

Bible Classes, Wednesdays Midday: 12:00 p.m. & Evening: 6:30 p.m.

Rev. Johniel Henry Pastor

10am

Baptist Church

Pastor Aaron & Lady Latona Banks Senior Pastors

5202 Watkins Drive (Administrative Offices)

Monday - Friday.............8:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.

Wed. Prayer Meeting.......................6:00 p.m.

Wed. Bible Study.............................6:30 p.m.

Mission: To be a church empowered by the Glory of God, providing an atmosphere of faith, taking life beyond the norm!

Greater Bethlehem Temple Church

Dr. Jerry Young, Pastor

www.newhope-baptist.org • 601-366-7002

Pearl Street

African Methodist Episcopal Church

2519 Robinson St. • Jackson, MS 39209

P: 601.352.6087 • F: 601.969.1501 pearlstreetame@comcast.net

Sunday School Sunday Worship 9:30 a.m.

8:00 a.m & 11:00 a.m.

Sunday School: 9:30 a.m. – 10:45 a.m.

Sunday Morning Worship Service: 11:00 a.m.

Sunday Evening Worship Service: 6:00 p.m. – 7:30 p.m.

Early Morning Prayer Services (M-F): 5:30 a.m. – 6:30 a.m.

Noon Day Prayer Services (M-F): 11:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m.

Sunday Worship........8:00 a.m. & 10:30 a.m.

Senior Adult Bible Study Wednesday at 11:00 a.m.

(Exception is Wednesday for Noon Bible Class)

Monday Night Prayer: 7:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m.

Wednesday Noon Day Bible Class: Noon – 1:00 p.m.

Wednesday Evening Bible Class: 7:00 p.m. – 8:45 p.m.

Bishop Robert N. Fortson, Sr. Friday Evening Youth & Young Adult Service: 7:30 p.m. – 9:00 p.m.

“Building on a Righteous Foundation”

Wednesday Regular Bible Study: 6:00 p.m.

Rev. Dr. Samuel H. Boyd, Sr. Pastor

Wednesday Mid-Week Service: 7:00 p.m.

WMPR 90.1 FM: Mondays at 11:30 a.m.

“The church where friends meet friends and sinners Christ to receive salvation, to be bible fed, spiritually led and to deepen our faith”

Saint Christopher’s Episcopal Church of the Ascension

Cade Chapel

Missionary Baptist Church

643 Beasley Road • Jackson, MS 39206

All are welcome!

Phone: (601) 366-6768 • Email: SaintChristophers@comcast. net

Website: https://saintchristophers.dioms.org

(Sunday) The Holy Eucharist: 9:00 a.m.

Monday Bible Study: 4:00 p.m.

St. Christopher’s Episcopal Church embraces all who approach as we proclaim that the Kingdom of God has come near.

Central United Methodist Church “Here, Let No One Be A Stranger” 500 N. Farish St. • Jackson, MS 39202

Phone: 601-355-7858 & 601-355-7854 • Fax: 601-355-1737

219 Hinds Blvd.

Raymond, MS 39154 (601) 720-0624

kenyamartin@hotmail.com KRMartin@4MartinsAtLaw.com “A Christ Centered Church, Striving for a Spirit of Excellence”

Sunday School: 9:30 a.m.

Sunday Worship Service: 10:30 a.m.

Tuesday Bible Study Service: 7:00 p.m.

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Sunday School.................. 9:00 a.m.

Sunday Worship..............10:00 a.m.

Various Wednesday Mid-Week Services 6:00 p.m.

We can help!!

Rev. David McCoy Pastor

Christ Tabernacle Church 1201 Cooper Road • Jackson, MS 39212

“We are Kingdom Witnesses, Worshipers and Workers”

Real change starts by simply taking a single step...

Move by faith and never by sight!!

Pastor Kenya R. Martin & Min. Tommie A. Martin

Pastor David Watkins | Min. Jessica Shields

Mailing Address: 5709 Hwy 80 West, Jackson, MS 39209

Hanging Moss Road Church of Christ 5225 Hanging Moss Road, Jackson, MS 39206 601.982.5219 • cwpittman1@comcast.net

Sunday

Church School........... 8 AM Worship..................... 9 AM

Wednesday

Hosea J. Hines

Sunday School: 9:30 AM Wednesday Bible Class: 12 noon & 6:00 PM

Pastor

Bible Study............12 Noon & 6:30 PM

www.christtabernaclechurch.org 601-373-1711

College Hill Baptist Church

Moving the Masses Toward the Mission of the Master

1600 Florence Avenue • Jackson, MS 39204

223 Beasley Road | Jackson, MS 39206 | PH: 601-956-4784 FAX: 601-956-1851 | info@strongerhope.org

New Bethel M.B. Church

450 Culbertson Ave. • Jackson, MS 39209

(601) 969-3481 Office • (601) 969-1957 Fax Email: Revfrlenoir@aol.com Sunday School................................9:15 a.m.

Phone: 601.355.2670 • Email: chmbc@collegehillchurch.org Sunday Worship Service – 10:00 a.m.

Sunday School – 8:45 a.m.

Sunday Church Services...............10:30 a.m.

Live Radio Broadcast: WOAD AM 1300 11:00 a.m.–12:00 Noon

Intercessory Prayer – Mondays at 9:00 a.m.

Dr. Michael T. Williams Pastor

Wednesday Night Together (WNT) 6:30 p.m. – Prayer Service 7:00 p.m. – Bible Study Classes

Dr. F. R. Lenoir Pastor

Bible Class Wednesday 12:00 Noon & 7:00 p.m.

A Church Preparing for a Home Not Built By Man

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March 19-25, 2020

Tizzy’s Take America’s Underlying Condition

By DeAnna Tisdale Johnson Jackson Advocate Publisher

Against my own better judgement, the cautionary warning of my husband, and the imminent admonishment from my mom and parents-in-law I’m sure is coming my way, I must say that I have found the perfect word to describe the predicament we are all facing right now. I also must preface this by saying that I do not curse, so please just imagine me saying the first letter of the word, lol. Now, on to the word of the moment.

We, as global citizens, as Americans, as Mississippians, have found ourselves in a clusterf**k.

There is no way around it. The definition of said word is “a disastrously mishandled situation or undertaking.” This, my friends, is exactly the pickle we have picked. There is conflicting information everywhere. There are so many decisions to be made, and they must be made expediently, every hour on the hour. We’ve gone from not gathering in a group of over 250 to 100 to 50 to 10 in a matter of days. The number of US cases almost doubled in one day. We still don’t have adequate testing. Respiratory droplets can stay in the air up to 3 hours and on surfaces for up to 3 days!! That’s a scary realization.

From a consumer standpoint, toilet tissue is rolling off the shelves as sheer pandemonium hits grocery stores all around us. There are entire food aisles that are now bare because everyone is in fight or flight mode. We’re just hardwired to survive.

From a citizen’s standpoint, this pandemic is showing us our underlying condition. We’ve known it all along, but now, we really can’t ignore it. Our choices were to either close schools or let children starve or become homeless. Thank God that school districts like Jackson Public Schools and Canton Public School District, among others, stepped up to provide breakfast and lunch options for the children they serve while schools are closed. Our healthcare leadership is trying their best with the information and resources they have at their disposal, but nurses are being offered up to $6,000 to travel to areas that are COVID-19 hotspots. What will happen if we lose nurses in our area in the midst of this crisis?

Legislators were faced with the task of suspending the 2020 session (HCR 65) to ensure the safety of not only their lives but the lives of the workers at the Capitol. Yet, the MS House of Representatives Democratic Caucus wanted to ensure that their constituents would have provisions through this disaster as well. “We should want to step in and take care of our people,” says Representative Zakiya Summers. They proposed an amendment to HCR 65 that would “Require the Mississippi Department of Employment Security to provide paid leave to any person who is unable to work because the person has been confirmed with COVID-19. And it would require paid leave to a person whose employer has reduced his or her work hours in response to COVID-19 and such person is unpaid for leave.” The amendment did not pass but HCR 65 to suspend the session until April 1 did.

There are a few reasons why the amendment did not pass. But the root of it comes down to two things: 1) Fight or flight: One legislator noted that a few of their colleagues attended the Conservative Political Action Conference where it was confirmed that someone who had contracted COVID-19 also attended. This was a prompt for dismissal of the session. 2) There is a lack of unity in the Democratic leadership of the MS Legislature. Is there an agenda? And if there is, is everyone on the same page? And if not, how do we get there? It is clear that good leadership is needed at a time like this. And this example can be seen from the way President Donald Trump is handling this pandemic versus the way New York Governor Andrew Cuomo is handling it. We’re not on the same page across the board.

From a business owner’s standpoint, tough and frightening decisions are being made all around the country. Major national chains like Old Navy and Pandora are closing stores or shortening store hours like Home Depot and Best Buy. Local stores, restaurants and bars like our beloved Sal & Mookie’s, Broad Street and Bravo are also closing. And on a personal note, this has been my first major hardship as publisher. Though I’ve been transitioning into the role for a while, this is a big weight to carry with only three weeks under my belt officially. Nonetheless, in support of social distancing, the Jackson Advocate will only be available by subscription throughout the pandemic. We will offer six-month subscriptions for $20. If you or anyone you know would like to subscribe, please call 601-948-4122 to stay in touch with what’s going on around you. This is also a way to ensure the newspaper will survive this economic crisis. I thank you for your support. And I pray for your safety during the trying time.

Jackson Advocate

Jackson, Mississippi

Black mothers wives, daughters, and sisters of Mississippi’s past

By Ivory Phillips

Jackson Advocate Contributing Editor

Often as we get so carried away with what’s happening today, especially when steeped in problems and difficult circumstances, that we forget or neglect to learn from those who came before us. For that reason, this writer is focusing on a halfdozen black women from Mississippi who made a difference, and from whom we can learn a great deal. They are not the only such women, but many of them are virtually unknown outside their communities, and certainly outside their generation, and deserve to be studied and imitated by people who would be activists or make a difference today.

The first of these was IDA B. WELLS, who hails from Holly Springs, Mississippi.

This intelligent and courageous woman literally pulled herself up by her own bootstraps, moving to Memphis and raising her siblings after her parents died. She became a teacher, but also a journalist. As a journalist she went around the country investigating the lynching of black people.

Amidst threats on her life and the destruction of her newspaper office, she waged a national campaign to get Congress to make lynching a federal crime. Although Congress never took that step, she was well-noted as a crusader. The kind of intelligence, courage, and dedication to a cause that she displayed will never go out of style. Too few realize that she was a native Mississippian. Even fewer realize that they possess the same kind of tools with which she was endowed.

Second, there was FANNIE LOU HAMER, identified most assuredly with Ruleville, Mississippi. Although she was barely literate, she had wisdom and courage above and beyond that of many other lettered individuals. In the 1960s, she put down the hoe and cotton sack in order to take-up the cause of human rights and freedom. Leading boycotts, marches and vari-

ous forms of protest, Hamer risked life and limb many times before she became the spokesperson for the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party in the Summer of 1964.

She was a most authentic grassroots warrior and spokesperson. Those who would make a difference in life would do well to understand what Hamer meant to her generation and the future of the American South, despite the limitations placed on her by the circumstances into which she was born.

Third, there was GLADYS NOEL BATES of Jackson, who had moved from Pike County and become a teacher. Here was a woman, who in the 1940s, had the audacity to file a lawsuit against the state of Mississippi because it did not pay black teachers the same salaries that it paid white teachers. In those days, not only was that heresy, it was like signing one’s own death warrant. As a result, she and her husband lost their jobs and were threatened. From that point on, she was not able to get a job teaching anywhere in the state. She, nonetheless, persisted in her fight and remained active in the NAACP for a number of years, later accepting a teaching job in Denver, Colorado.

Fourth, there was MAMIE TILL, who later became Mamie Till Mobley. She had moved to Chicago from Webb, Mississippi. This woman did not just lose her son, Emmett Till, she fought so hard for justice in the case of his lynching until the cause became a movement. She made the critical decision to have an open casket funeral so that the world could “see what they did to my son.” She made the decision to sit day after day in a most racist and threatening courthouse to confront the confessed killings. She made the decision to tour the country talking about the case, not just in the immediate aftermath of his murder, but down through the years, until her death. Much of her bravery is what inspired and informed other mothers whose

sons could at any moment and for any reason become another Emmett Till.

Fifth, there was BRENDA TRAVIS of McComb, Mississippi. As a sixteen-year old high school student, Travis led a walkout at Burglund High School over the arrest and expulsion of fellow students who had engaged in civil rights activities in the city. Because of her commitment to the struggle, not only was she not permitted to return to school, she was sent to Oakley Training School, a prison facility for juveniles. Travis was treated in this manner, supposedly because she was the ring leader of the high school protesters. She was released from Oakley Training School only on the condition that she leave the state of Mississippi. She left the state but remained committed to the struggle for civil rights.

The sixth person was RUBY BRIDGES. Often taken to be a native of New Orleans, Bridges was born in Tylertown, Mississippi. She is noted for having been the first black child in New Orleans to attend an otherwise all-white public school. It takes more than a vivid imagination to understand what she must have felt and thought as she braved mobs of white parents day after day, as she encountered hostile white teachers throughout the school and as she had to try to mingle with white children whose parents had instilled racial hatred in them. With the help of one brave teacher and a counselor, she not only survived, but excelled as a student and later as an adult. Her life has been made into a movie.

These black women were indeed heroic in the stands that they took. They are being presented here during Women’s History Month in the hope that parents, teachers, and others will use these biographical sketches to mentor and encourage others of our mothers, daughters, sisters, and wives to stand tall for themselves and for what is right.

Fear and loss in a time of plague

By Bill Fletcher, Jr NNPA Newswire Contributor

The anniversary of the loss of my first born has, by coincidence, landed right in the middle of this time of fear and pandemic. We have witnessed, over the past weeks, a President of the United States who perpetrated denial and lies about the overall situation, allegedly in an effort to calm us; more likely to calm the markets.

Our collective fear rests largely in facing the unknown. We have no idea what to expect and how severe the situation will become. The results of this plague may ultimately be no worse than a very bad flu, but all indications are that, at a minimum, it will place severe stress on an already problematic medical system. And, yes, people will die.

For far too long as a country, we have lived in denial regarding the ever-present threat of pandemics. Trump was not alone in that self-deception. Scientists have warned us that these dangers existed and, in the context of environmental catastrophe, the dangers associated with viral pandemics have increased. Yet, too many of us have thought that we personally, or we the USA, would be immune. We have assumed

that others would suffer and die but that somehow there was a wall or forcefield that protected us. Denial is easy and innocent; and seems safe.

When my wife was first pregnant, thirtyfive years ago, there was nothing that would have led us to believe that there would not be a happy ending. Yes, we knew that there were such things as premature births and other complications. But we were both healthy and took the pregnancy seriously.

With each month, our excitement grew.

And then the unexpected happened and our first born emerged alive but too young and too undeveloped in order to survive.

Three days later, she was gone.

Don’t get me wrong. I am not blaming us for being naïve. I am saying that the shock of reality threw us in ways from which we have never fully recovered. There is a level of insecurity that emerges out of such a crisis that never completely vanishes, because you have faced a disturbing reality: tragedy can hit in the most unexpected ways and the pain is excruciating.

This planet – and not just ‘America First’– is living through yet another crisis.

We regularly face wars, poverty, and pestilence. But for many of us in the so-

called global North – the more developed countries – there is a tendency to believe that immense tragedy is exceptional. Yes, it can happen, but it usually happens to someone else. And even when it is bad, it is temporary and, well, ‘they’ – whoever ‘they’is – will get over it.

We are facing a different reality with Covid-19 and economic collapse. Both are affecting everyone, in one way or another. We now know that all of us can be shaken, very directly, by global tragedies.

And, no, this situation is not something that someone can just ‘get over.’ This is a situation that will take time to heal and will necessitate a full break from denial.

It will also necessitate, as Senator Sanders and others have so eloquently articulated, solidarity rather than exclusivity.

The pain resulting from fear and loss does not completely vanish in time. Rather, we get used to it and adjust to it. But it leaves us with a sense of insecurity that also does not easily disappear, because we have had to face a daunting fact: it can happen here and, yes, it can happen to us.

Bill Fletcher, Jr. is the executive editor of globalafricanworker.com and a past president of TransAfrica Forum.

EDITORIALS, ARTICLES & COMMENTS: Letters and articles which appear in the Jackson Advocate reflect the perspective of the writer.

Their appearance on these pages does not constitute an endorsement by the Jackson Advocate or its staff.

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Jackson, Mississippi

March 19-25, 2020

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State/Metro A Book Review

Eulogies and Memories: Funeral Sermons and Homilies

By Ivory Phillips

Jackson Advocate Contributing Editor

Rev. Richard Middleton, III has selected 15 of his favorite funeral tributes delivered over the years into a unique book – Eulogies and Memories: Funeral Sermons and Homilies. They are in the form of sermons or homilies and reflective memories. Each one of the entries is approximately five pages long. They, therefore, lend themselves to quick and easy reads.

The subject of each entry is an individual with whom Middleton was wellacquainted. It also occurs that most of the subjects were well-known by many

Rev. Richard Middleton, III

others in the Jackson area.

Consequently, there are perhaps many potential readers who may not have been fortunate enough to have attended the funerals where the presentations were originally made.

Among the individuals in the book are Ms. Lula Belle Forte, who use to own and operate a boutique in west Jackson; local dentist, Dr. Theodore Jones; and Middleton’s aunt, Ms. Barbara Beadle Barber.

The funerals occurred over the first twenty years of this century and occurred

at Saint Mark Episcopal Church in Jackson, Saint Mary’s Episcopal Church in Vicksburg, Saint Andrew’s Episcopal Cathedral in Jackson, and at Tougaloo College’s Woodworth Chapel.

As would be expected, Middleton lets the readers in on aspects of his personal life that may be of interest to readers, especially those who know him. For an example, he reveals how he was punished by one of his teachers, Ms. Lillian Cade Lane, and as a result learned a valuable lesson. In one of the funeral memories, he relates the story of how a friend of his is responsible for his meeting and marrying his wife. Still another of the homilies explains how the history of Saint Mark Episcopal Church in Jackson came to be written.

The book is chocked full of nuggets such as these.

While the book centers itself quite heavily on life at Saint Mark’s Episcopal Church, it goes beyond those walls. It provides a glimpse of life in west Jackson in the fifties and sixties. It comments on the businesses that were in existence prior to the closing of Lynch Street in 1970. It reminisces on the close-knit nature of neighborhoods and families, those who were members of the church as well as those who were not.

In several of the presentations, Rev. Middleton laments the fact that there are not many men left like Lawrence Jones, who personally knew people like President B. Baldwin Dansby, Publisher Lerone Bennett, and Attorney Jack Young. He goes on to talk about worthy mentors such as Claude McCants, Oscar Bracey, and James Arthur Washington for today’s young men and women like Caldonia Meeks Thomas and Tammy Donelson as mentors for young women.

All told, the book is a real keepsake for those who knew the fifteen individuals written about. At the same time, it is a handy and valuable book for those seeking inspirational readings. It contains wisdom regarding death, but even more importantly, regarding lives well-lived.

Great grandson of Sally Hemings, Thomas Jefferson

Frederick Roberts in Mound Bayou

By Earnest McBride

Jackson Advocate Contributing Editor

Frederick Madison Roberts (1879-1952), the great-grandson of Sally Hemings and Thomas Jefferson, was one of California’s most famous black achievers during his lifetime. While he rarely mentioned it and made it known that he was not proud of the “illegitimate” kinship through his black great-grandmother, Sally Hemings, and President Thomas Jefferson, his great-grandfather, the blood relationship is no longer disputed, based on the research of experts in the field.

But Roberts’ road to fame as a “trailblazer” in both California and U.S. history might never have occurred without his connection to the all-black town of Mound Bayou, Mississippi.

Born in Harris Station, Ohio, in 1879, to Ellen Wayles Hemings, the daughter of Madison Hemings (Thomas Jefferson’s third son

by Sally Hemings) and her husband, Andrew Jackson Roberts, Frederick moved with them in 1885 to Los Angeles at age six.

He would become the first black student to graduate from Los Angeles High School, the only public high school in the city.

“Afterward, he enrolled at the University of Southern California, but didn’t stay long,” author Douglas Flamming says in his book Bound for Freedom (2006). “He enrolled in Colorado College, in Colorado Springs, where he excelled as both a football player and a student, graduating with honors.”

In 1907, Roberts prospected for gold in Nevada without any success. Returning to Colorado Springs that same year, he edited a black community newspaper, The Colorado Springs Light, and was deeply involved with politics. He was appointed deputy tax assessor of El Paso County, of which Colorado Springs was the county seat, and held the position from 1907 to 1909.

“In another abrupt change,” Flamming says, “he moved to Chicago, where he entered the Barnes School of Mortuary Science.”

Then it was back to Los Angeles in 1911, where he joined his father and brother in the operation of the A. J. Roberts and Sons funeral home.

Given the opportunity to buy a faltering black-owned newspaper, The New Age, in 1912, Roberts took advantage of it and “was a strong advocate for black civil rights” in Los Angeles. “He denounced the negative and stereotypical representations of dark-skinned peoples that he saw in white newspapers and advertisements,” Flamming says.

MOUND BAYOU CONNECTION Nearly every available biography of Roberts places him in Mound Bayou in 1908 in connection with the Mound Bayou Normal and Industrial Institute.

But 1908 is the same year Roberts had undertaken his studies at the Barnes School of Mortuary Science in Chicago.

Yet, it is very likely that since Mound Bayou had become one of the bestknown seats of Black Republican political power still existing anywhere in the nation, Roberts as an educator Roberts and newspaper editor with a deep interest in politics was either invited to or lured to Mound Bayou for a visit in 1908. There to welcome him was Mary C. Booze, the first and only female black Republican Committee woman and the daughter of city founder Isaiah Montgomery. Even more important was the certain encounter with the politically ambitious Eugene Booze, Mary Booze’s husband.

It was not until a half-decade later, however, that Roberts took on the job as principal of the Mound Bayou school.

“An October 1915 issue of the New Age announced that he had accepted the presidency of the Mound Bayou Normal Institute,” according to Douglas Flamming.

“By the time the New Age reported the news, Roberts was already on the train heading east.

“Roberts’ move to Mound Bayou had the effect of boosting his stock in the local (Los Angeles) community,” Flamming writes. “A foreshadowing of his future could be seen in early 1916, when he returned to Los Angeles for a brief visit. AfroAngelenos feted him as if he were a celebrity, escorting him

on a whirlwind round of speaking engagements at churches and community organizations. He went back to Mississippi for only a year.”

CALIFORNIA ASSEMBLY When he returned to Los Angeles, Jefferson biographer Fawn W. Brodie writes in her extended article “Jefferson’s Unknown Grandchildren” in the October 1976 edition of American Heritage, Roberts was prepared to take on the challenge of becoming California’s first African American member of the state legislature.

“The first black to be elected to the California State Assembly, he served from 1918 to 1936 and became known as the dean of the assembly and became a good friend of Earl Warren’s (California Governor 19431953),” Brodie writes. “And he helped found the University of California at Los Angeles. He gave Ralph Bunche his first job.

In 1938 he ran unsuccessfully for Congress, losing to Democrat Helen Gahagan Douglas, who later lost to Richard Nixon.”

Roberts continued to identify closely with the black community, not just in Los Angeles, but nationally. He was a willing escort of Marcus Garvey when he visited Los Angeles in 1922.

The Los Angeles chapter of Garvey’s Universal Negro Improvement Association (UNIA), Division 156, was the largest in the West and was also the most independent. At its height in 1921, it had 1000 members.

When the Los Angeles chapter found out that the New York office had gone broke after investing over $250,000 in two ships for the highly-touted Black Star Lines that turned out to be clunkers, the LA group announced its independence and adopted the name the Pacific Coast Universal Negro Improvement Association (PCUNIA). The New York of-

fice decertified the West Coast unit.

Nevertheless, when Garvey visited LA in 1922, Roberts, who was running for re-election to the legislature that same year, “rode next to Garvey in the main car in a parade down Central Avenue.”

California Assembly District 74 would eventually become Assembly District 68. Democrat Gus Hawkins won the seat from Roberts in 1934. Roberts died as the result of an auto accident in 1952 and is buried at Evergreen Cemetery in Los Angles.

In 1962, Hawkins went on to win the Congressional seat that Roberts had tried to win with no success over three election cycles.

Fawn Brodie, who is by far the most reliable of all of Jefferson’s biographers, pointed out the reasons why Frederick Roberts rarely spoke about his connections to the third President of the USA, his great-grandfather, Thomas Jefferson. In a 1976 interview with Pearl Hinds Roberts, the widow of Frederick M. Roberts, for her American Heritage article, Brodie said that neither Pearl Roberts’ late husband nor his mother showed any pride in being descendants of the conjugal relationship between Thomas Jefferson and the captive Sally Hemings, his first wife’s half-sister.

“Roberts’ widow, Pearl Hinds Roberts said she and her husband for twelve years lived with Ellen Wayles Hemings Roberts (Frederick’s mother),” Brodie said. “She was an extremely quiet woman who enjoyed reading… but did have an occasional cutting wit. But she never discussed her family or her past, and never talked about Jefferson.

“It was my husband who told me briefly about the family descent after we were married,” the 83-year-old widow of Frederick Roberts said in 1976.

“He made it clear, ‘We just don’t talk about it.’”

Attention Jackson State University

Class of 1970

(More names to be listed next week.)

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Jackson Advocate

March 19-25, 2020

Jackson, Mississippi

LEGAL NOTICES/CLASSIFIEDS

LEGAL NOTICE REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS CITY OF JACKSON

Notice is hereby given that Proposals will be received by the City Clerk of the City of Jackson, Mississippi until 3:30p.m., Tuesday, March 31, 2020. The City of Jackson, Mississippi requests proposals from art groups and other community development groups providing services to the citizens in the City of Jackson.

Financial assistance is available to support arts and community development activities designed to increase awareness, understanding and appreciation of the arts and improve the quality of life among the citizens of Jackson. This solicitation seeks proposals with an emphasis on community exposure, history and education.

Grant awards offered by the City of Jackson shall only represent supplemental funding in support of arts projects and community development based projects. To be eligible for funding, proposing organizations must have verifiable cash match contributions that equals to at least 50% of project cost.

A workshop on the Request for Proposals packet is scheduled for MONDAY, March 23, 2020 beginning promptly at 2:00pm. It will be held at the Municipal Art Gallery located at 839 North State Street Jackson, MS 39202. Those interested in submitting proposals should attend this Workshop.

For the Request for Proposals packet, please contact Beverley Johnson-Durham at 601 960 0383. All proposal must be sealed and plainly marked on the outside of the envelope: Proposal for general funds Arts and Community Based Grants. Proposal packets must be received by the City Clerk’s Office at City Hall, 219 South President Street by 3:30pm on March 31, 2020. The city reserves the right to reject any and all proposals.

Request for proposal documents can be downloaded from the City of Jackson website: www.jacksonms.gov and may be picked up at the City of Jackson Department of Human and Cultural Services located at 1000 Metrocenter Drive Suite 101, Jackson MS. By: Adriane Dorsey-Kidd, Director Department of Human and Cultural Services 4TC: 03-05, 12, 19, 26-20 -----------------------------------------------------------------NOTICE OF SALE Notice of Sale is hereby given in accordance with the Mississippi Statutes governing the sale of abandoned motor vehicles, that the 2007 HONDA ACCORD bearing Vin# 1HGCM55197A093669 and registered to NATHANIEL MARTIN will be sold along with all contents of the above automobile for repair and storage charges and for the costs of this sale as follows: Date of Sale: April 2, 2020 Place of Sale: Archie Towing, Storage & Recovery Services, 6700 Medgar Evers Blvd., Jackson, MS 39213 Time of Sale: 10:00 A.M. Seller reserves the right to bid on the above property and to reject any and all bids.

3TC: 03-12, 19, 26-20 -----------------------------------------------------------------Advertisement for Electronic Bid Bid 3127 Jim Hill High School Gymnasium Improvements Sealed, written formal bid proposals for the above bids will be received by the Board of Trustees of the Jackson Public School District, in the Business Office, 662 South President Street, Jackson, Mississippi, until 2:00 P.M. (Local Prevailing Time) April 20, 2020, at which time and place they will be publicly opened and read aloud. A Pre-Bid Conference concerning the project Jim Hill High School Gymnasium Improvements will be held at Jim Hill High School Gymnasium Improvements, 2185 Fortune Street, Jackson, MS 39204 on March 30, 2020 at 10:00 A.M. Attendance at the pre-bid conference is not mandatory but strongly encouraged. The Board of Trustees reserves the right to reject any and all bids, to waive informalities, and to withhold the acceptance of any bid if approved for forty-five calendar days from the date bids are opened.

be purchased through the website. All plan holders are required to have a valid email address for registration. Questions regarding website registration and online orders, please contact Plan House Printing, One Churchill Street, Hattiesburg, MS 39402, Phone (601) 336-6378, or Email: info@planhouseprinting. com. Questions regarding bid documents, please contact Jennifer Seymour at Eley Guild Hardy Architects, Phone: 228-594-2323, or 2TC: 03-12, 19-20 -----------------------------------------------------------------Advertisement for Electronic Bid Bid 3124 Forest Hill High School Improvements Sealed, written formal bid proposals for the above bids will be received by the Board of Trustees of the Jackson Public School District, in the Business Office, 662 South President Street, Jackson, Mississippi, until 2:00 P.M. (Local Prevailing Time) April 08, 2020, at which time and place they will be publicly opened and read aloud. A Pre-Bid Conference concerning the project Forest Hill High School Improvements will be held at Forest Hill High School, 2607 Raymond Road, Jackson, MS, on Thursday, March 16, 2020 at 10:00 A.M. Attendance at the pre-bid conference is not mandatory but strongly encouraged. The Board of Trustees reserves the right to reject any and all bids, to waive informalities, and to withhold the acceptance of any bid if approved for forty-five calendar days from the date bids are opened.

Plan holders are required to register and order bid documents at www.jpsdmsprojects. com. A $100.00 non-refundable deposit shall be required on each printed set of bid specs/ documents. A $75.00 non-refundable deposit shall be required on each digital PDF set of bid specs/documents. Documents must be purchased through the website. All plan holders are required to have a valid email address for registration. Questions regarding website registration and online orders, please contact Plan House Printing, One Churchill Street, Hattiesburg, MS 39402, Phone (601) 336-6378, or Email: info@planhouseprinting.com. Questions regarding bid documents, please contact Chris Myers at CDFL Architects, Phone: 601-3663110, or Email: cmyers@cdfl.com.

2TC: 03-12, 19-20 -----------------------------------------------------------------NOTICE OF INTENT TO RECEIVE SEALED BIDS FOR THE SALE OF PERSONAL PROPERTY BY THE JACKSON MUNICIPAL AIRPORT AUTHORITY

Lot 3: “Lawn Equipment and Heavy Machinery” consists of nine (9) pieces of lawn equipment such as tractor, bulldozer, and bushhog, etc.

Lots WILL NOT be split for any reason.

Interested persons may obtain a copy of Bid Tab sheet for the property by going to JMAA’s website at www.jmaa.com/resources/rfprfb-center/.

JMAA will not consider any Bids received after the Deadline for any reason whatsoever. Any questions regarding the sale of these Items are to be directed to Mr. Ricco Owens, Accountant, contact information is as follows: Jackson Municipal Airport Authority 100 International Drive, Suite 300 (39208) Post Office Box 98109 Jackson, Mississippi 39298-8109 Attention: Ricco Owens, Accountant Telephone No.: (601) 939-5631, ext. 297 Facsimile No.: (601) 939-3713 E-Mail: rowens@jmaa.com 3TC: 03-12, 19, 26-20 -----------------------------------------------------------------IN THE CHANCERY COURT OF HINDS COUNTY, MISSISSIPPI FIRST JUDICIAL DISTRICT IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF PATRICK JOSEPH NORTON, JR., DECEASED EDDIE JEAN CARR PETITIONER

VS. KNOWN AND UNKNOWN HEIRS-AT LAW OF PATRICK JOSEPH NORTON, JR., DECEASED RESPONDENTS CAUSE NO.: P2020-65 O/3

SUMMONS THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI TO: KNOWN AND UNKNOWN HEIRS-ATLAW OF PATRICK JOSEPH NORTON, JR., DECEASED, IF ANY, AND ALL PERSONS OR ENTITIES UNKNOWN CLAIMING ANY INTEREST IN THE ESTATE OF PATRICK JOSEPH NORTON, JR., DECEASED

You have been made a Defendant/Respondent in the suit filed in this Court by EDDIE JEAN CARR, Petitioner, seeking to have JEFFERY L. NORTON and TIMOTHY A. NORTON established as the sole heirs-at-law of PATRICK JOSEPH NORTON, JR., Deceased.

You are summoned to appear and defend against the complaint or petition filed against you in this action at 9:00 a.m. on the 20th day of April, 2020, in Courtroom #3 of the Hinds County Chancery Courthouse at Jackson, Mississippi, before the Honorable Denise Owens, and in case of your failure to appear and defend, a judgment will be entered against you for the money or other things demanded in the complaint or petition.

You are not required to file an answer or other pleading, but you may do so if you desire.

Issued under my hand and seal of said Court, this the 4th day of March, 2020.

HONORABLE EDDIE JEAN CARR CHANCERY CLERK OF HINDS COUNTY COUNSEL: VANGELA M. WADE, MSB # 10304 The Wade Law Firm, PLLC 321 Highway 51, Suite C Ridgeland, MS 39157 (601) 856-9967 (O) (601) 499-1993 (F) Email: vwade401@gmail.com 3TC: 03-12, 19, 26-20 -----------------------------------------------------------------IN THE CHANCERY COURT OF HINDS COUNTY, MISSISSIPPI FIRST JUDICIAL DISTRICT IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF PATRICK JOSEPH NORTON, JR., DECEASED CAUSE NO.: P2020-65 O/3

A site visit is scheduled for Tuesday, April 14, 2020 at 10:00 a.m. central time at the address indicated above. Any parties interested in viewing the Items/Lots for sale are welcome to attend. No additional times will be allotted to view the Items for sale. All sales are “final” and “as is”. Each Respondent must submit a separate amount and description for each “Lot” they are bidding on.

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Lot 1: “Computer Equipment, Telephone/ Cellphone Lot and Other Types of Equipment” consists of one hundred forty seven (147) pieces of communications equipment such as vehicle radios and charging stations, ninetythree (93) pieces of computer equipment such as laptops, printers, monitors, iPads and switches, forty-four (44) cell phones, five (5) cell phone accessory items, twenty (20) offices phones and office equipment, and three (3) other pieces of equipment.

Lot 2: “Other Furniture, Electronics, & Appliances” consists of nine (9) pieces of furniture such as leather chairs, desk, and file cabinets, eight (8) pieces of electronics such as televisions and dvd players, and six (6) appliances such as microwaves, refrigerator and ice maker.

Plan holders are required to register and order bid documents at www.jpsdmsprojects.com.

A $100.00 non-refundable deposit shall be required on each printed set of bid specs/ documents. A $75.00 non-refundable deposit shall be required on each digital PDF set of bid specs/documents. Documents must be purchased through the website. All plan holders are required to have a valid email address for registration. Questions regarding website registration and online orders, please contact Plan House Printing, One Churchill Street, Hattiesburg, MS 39402, Phone (601) 336-6378, or Email: info@planhouseprinting. com. Questions regarding bid documents, please contact Anderson Ervin, Durrell Design Group at 601-708-4788 or E-mail: aervin@ durrelldesigngroup.com 2TC: 03-12, 19-20 -----------------------------------------------------------------Advertisement for Electronic Bid Bid 3125 Green Elementary School Renovations Sealed, written formal bid proposals for the above bids will be received by the Board of Trustees of the Jackson Public School District, in the Business Office, 662 South President Street, Jackson, Mississippi, until 2:00 P.M. (Local Prevailing Time) April 14, 2020, at which time and place they will be publicly opened and read aloud. A Pre-Bid Conference concerning the project Green Elementary School Renovations will be held at Green Elementary School, 610 Forest Avenue, Jackson, MS 39206, on March 25, 2020 at 10:00 A.M. Attendance at the pre-bid conference is not mandatory but strongly encouraged. The Board of Trustees reserves the right to reject any and all bids, to waive informalities, and to withhold the acceptance of any bid if approved for forty-five calendar days from the date bids are opened.

Plan holders are required to register and order bid documents at www.jpsdmsprojects. com. A $150.00 non-refundable deposit shall be required on each printed set of bid specs/ documents. A $75.00 non-refundable deposit shall be required on each digital PDF set of bid specs/documents. Documents must

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/s/ Eddie Jean Carr Eddie Jean Carr, Administrator of the Estate of Patrick Joseph Norton, Jr., Deceased OF COUNSEL: VANGELA M. WADE, MSB # 10304 THE WADE LAW FIRM, PLLC 321 HIGHWAY 51, STE. C RIDGELAND, MS 39157 PHONE: (601) 856-9967 FAX: (601) 499-1993 EMAIL: VWADE401@GMAIL.COM 3TC: 03-12, 19, 26-20 -----------------------------------------------------------------IN THE CHANCERY COURT OF THE FIRST JUDICIAL DISTRICT OF HINDS COUNTY, MISSISSIPPI I P S C S I FOUNDATION LLC PLAINTIFF

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LYNN FITCH IN HER CAPACITY AS ATTORNEY GENERAL FOR THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI; HINDS COUNTY, MISSISSIPPI; JODY OWENS, DISTRICT ATTORNEY FOR THE 7th JUDICIAL DISTRICT OF MISSISSIPPI; ROBERT BRISTER OR IF DECEASED, THE UNKNOWN HEIRS OF ROBERT BRISTER; AND ALL OTHER PERSONS, FIRMS, AND CORPORATIONS HAVING OR CLAIMING ANY LEGAL OR EQUITABLE INTERESTS IN THE FOLLOWING DESCRIBED LAND LOCATED IN THE FIRST JUDICIAL DISTRICT OF HINDS COUNTY, MISSISSIPPI SOLD FOR TAXES ON AUGUST 28, 2017, AS TO WIT: PARCEL NO. 802-172 DEFENDANTS

EDDIE JEAN CARR, ADMINISTRATOR

CIVIL ACTION NO. 20-248 NOTICE TO CREDITORS

SUMMONS BY PUBLICATION Letters of Administration having been granted on March 4, 2020 by the Chancery Court of STATE OF MISSISSIPPI Hinds County, Mississippi, First Judicial District, to the undersigned Administrator of the Estate of Patrick Joseph Norton, Jr.,

The Jackson Municipal Airport Authority “JMAA” requests Sealed Bids for the purchase of items identified for disposal.

JMAA will receive Bids for the property at JMAA;s administrative offices, Suite 300, Main Terminal Building, Jackson Medgar Wiley Evers International Airport, 100 International Drive, Jackson, Mississippi 39208 until 2:00 p.m. central time on Tuesday, April 28, 2020 (the” Deadline”). The outside of the envelope must be marked “Bid for the Purchase of JMAA Personal Property”.

Deceased, notice is hereby given to all persons having claims against said Estate to present the same to the Clerk of this Court for probate and registration according to law, within ninety (90) days from the first publication of this notice, or they will be forever barred.

THIS the 4th day of March, 2020.

TO: ROBERT BRISTER OR, IF DECEASED, HIS HEIRS AT LAW; AND ALL OTHER PERSONS, FIRMS, AND CORPORATIONS HAVING OR CLAIMING ANY LEGAL OR EQUITABLE INTERESTS IN THE FOLLOWING DESCRIBED LAND LOCATED IN THE FIRST JUDICIAL DISTRICT OF HINDS COUNTY, MISSISSIPPI SOLD FOR TAXES ON AUGUST 28, 2017, AS TO WIT: PARCEL NO. 802-172 Tax Parcel 802-172, also described as: Lot Three Hundred Twenty-Five (325), PRESIDENTIAL HILLS, Plat Four (4), a subdivision according to the map or plat thereof on file and of record in the office of the Chancery Clerk of Hinds County at Jackson, Mississippi

You have been made a Defendant in the complaint filed in this Court by IPSCSI Foundation, LLC, seeking a final judgment quieting and confirming title in the abovedescribed property as to all those with any legal or equitable interest therein.

You are required to mail or hand-deliver a written response to the Complaint to Jason Owens, attorney for the Plaintiff, whose address is 782 N. West St., Jackson, MS, 39202.

YOUR RESPONSE MUST BE MAILED OR DELIVERED WITHIN THIRTY (30) DAYS AFTER THE 12th DAY OF MARCH, 2020 WHICH IS THE FIRST DATE OF PUBLICATION OF THIS SUMMONS. IF YOUR RESPONSE IS NOT SO MAILED OR DELIVERED A JUDGMENT

BY DEFAULT WILL BE ENTERED AGAINST YOU FOR THE MONEY OR OTHER THINGS DEMANDED IN THE COMPLAINT. You must also file the original of your response with the Clerk of this Court within a reasonable time afterward.

Issued under my hand and seal of said Court, this 9th day of March, 2020.

EDDIE JEAN CARR HINDS COUNTY CHANCERY CLERK Post Office Box 686 Jackson, MS 39205-0686 (SEAL) 3TC: 03-12, 19, 26-20 ------------------------------------------------------------------

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March 19-25, 2020

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LEGAL NOTICES/CLASSIFIEDS

IN THE CHANCERY COURT OF THE FIRST JUDICIAL DISTRICT OF HINDS COUNTY, MISSISSIPPI I P S C S I FOUNDATION LLC PLAINTIFF

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LYNN FITCH IN HER CAPACITY AS ATTORNEY GENERAL FOR THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI; HINDS COUNTY, MISSISSIPPI; JODY OWENS, DISTRICT ATTORNEY FOR THE 7th JUDICIAL DISTRICT OF MISSISSIPPI; THE UNKNOWN HEIRS OF WILLIAM H. LOFTON, DECEASED; AND ALL OTHER PERSONS, FIRMS, AND CORPORATIONS HAVING OR CLAIMING ANY LEGAL OR EQUITABLE INTERESTS IN THE FOLLOWING DESCRIBED LAND LOCATED IN THE FIRST JUDICIAL DISTRICT OF HINDS COUNTY, MISSISSIPPI SOLD FOR TAXES ON AUGUST 28, 2017, AS TO WIT: PARCEL NO. 848-30

DEFENDANTS CIVIL ACTION NO. 20-249 SUMMONS BY PUBLICATION STATE OF MISSISSIPPI TO: WILLIAM H. LOFTON OR, IF DECEASED, HIS HEIRS AT LAW; AND ALL OTHER PERSONS, FIRMS, AND CORPORATIONS HAVING OR CLAIMING ANY LEGAL OR EQUITABLE INTERESTS IN THE FOLLOWING DESCRIBED LAND LOCATED IN THE FIRST JUDICIAL DISTRICT OF HINDS COUNTY, MISSISSIPPI SOLD FOR TAXES ON AUGUST 28, 2017, AS TO WIT: PARCEL NO. 848-30 Tax Parcel 848-30, also described as: Lot 30, Ramada Heights Subdivision, a subdivision, lying in and being situated in the First Judicial District of Hinds County, Mississippi, according to the map or plat thereof on file and of record in the office of the Chancery Clerk of Hinds County at Jackson, Mississippi, in Plat Book 26, at page 5 thereof, reference to which map or plat is hereby made in aid of and as a part of this description.

You have been made a Defendant in the complaint filed in this Court by IPSCSI Foundation, LLC, seeking a final judgment quieting and confirming title in the abovedescribed property as to all those with any legal or equitable interest therein.

You are required to mail or hand-deliver a written response to the Complaint to Jason Owens, attorney for the Plaintiff, whose address is 782 N. West St., Jackson, MS, 39202.

YOUR RESPONSE MUST BE MAILED OR DELIVERED WITHIN THIRTY (30) DAYS AFTER THE 12TH DAY OF MARCH, 2020 WHICH IS THE FIRST DATE OF PUBLICATION OF THIS SUMMONS. IF YOUR RESPONSE IS NOT SO MAILED OR DELIVERED A JUDGMENT

BY DEFAULT WILL BE ENTERED AGAINST YOU FOR THE MONEY OR OTHER THINGS DEMANDED IN THE COMPLAINT. You must also file the original of your response with the Clerk of this Court within a reasonable time afterward.

Issued under my hand and seal of said Court, this 9th day of March, 2020.

EDDIE JEAN CARR HINDS COUNTY CHANCERY CLERK Post Office Box 686 Jackson, MS 39205-0686 (SEAL) 3TC: 03-12, 19, 26-20 -----------------------------------------------------------------IN THE CHANCERY COURT OF THE FIRST JUDICIAL DISTRICT OF HINDS COUNTY, MISSISSIPPI I P S C S I FOUNDATION LLC PLAINTIFF

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LYNN FITCH IN HER CAPACITY AS ATTORNEY GENERAL FOR THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI; HINDS COUNTY, MISSISSIPPI; JODY OWENS, DISTRICT ATTORNEY FOR THE 7th JUDICIAL DISTRICT OF MISSISSIPPI; GLENN PERKINS OR IF DECEASED THE UNKNOWN HEIRS OF GLENN PERKINS; GRETA W. WEATHERSBY OR IF DECEASED THE UNKNOWN HEIRS OF GRETA W. WEATHERSBY; AND ALL OTHER PERSONS, FIRMS, AND CORPORATIONS HAVING OR CLAIMING ANY LEGAL OR EQUITABLE INTERESTS IN THE FOLLOWING DESCRIBED LAND LOCATED IN THE FIRST JUDICIAL DISTRICT OF HINDS COUNTY, MISSISSIPPI SOLD FOR TAXES ON AUGUST 28, 2017, AS TO WIT: PARCEL NO. 526-138 DEFENDANTS CIVIL ACTION NO. G2020-250 SUMMONS BY PUBLICATION STATE OF MISSISSIPPI TO: GLENN PERKINS OR, IF DECEASED, HIS HEIRS AT LAW; GRETA W. WEATHERSBY, OR IF DECEASED, HER HEIRS AT LAW; AND ALL OTHER PERSONS, FIRMS, AND CORPORATIONS HAVING OR CLAIMING ANY LEGAL OR EQUITABLE INTERESTS IN THE FOLLOWING DESCRIBED LAND LOCATED IN THE FIRST JUDICIAL DISTRICT OF HINDS COUNTY, MISSISSIPPI SOLD FOR TAXES ON AUGUST 28, 2017, AS TO WIT: PARCEL NO. 526-138

is hereby made in aid of and as a part of this description.

You have been made a Defendant in the complaint filed in this Court by IPSCSI Foundation, LLC, seeking a final judgment quieting and confirming title in the abovedescribed property as to all those with any legal or equitable interest therein.

You are required to mail or hand-deliver a written response to the Complaint to Jason Owens, attorney for the Plaintiff, whose address is 782 N. West St., Jackson, MS, 39202.

YOUR RESPONSE MUST BE MAILED OR DELIVERED WITHIN THIRTY (30) DAYS AFTER THE 12TH DAY OF MARCH, 2020 WHICH IS THE FIRST DATE OF PUBLICATION OF THIS SUMMONS. IF YOUR RESPONSE IS NOT SO MAILED OR DELIVERED A JUDGMENT

BY DEFAULT WILL BE ENTERED AGAINST YOU FOR THE MONEY OR OTHER THINGS DEMANDED IN THE COMPLAINT. You must also file the original of your response with the Clerk of this Court within a reasonable time afterward.

Issued under my hand and seal of said Court, this 9th day of March, 2020.

EDDIE JEAN CARR HINDS COUNTY CHANCERY CLERK Post Office Box 686 Jackson, MS 39205-0686 (SEAL) 3TC: 03-12, 19, 26-20 -----------------------------------------------------------------IN THE CHANCERY COURT OF THE FIRST JUDICIAL DISTRICT OF HINDS COUNTY, MISSISSIPPI LIFELINE CHILDREN’S SERVICES OF MISSISSIPPI BY JOHN NOBLIN, MISSISSIPPI STATE DIRECTOR, AND A MINOR MALE CHILD, BY AND THROUGH HIS NEXT FRIEND, JOHN NOBLIN PLAINTIFFS

Weatherization Assistance Program under Title IV of the Energy Conservation Act, as amended. The hearing for program year 2020 is scheduled for Tuesday, April 14, 2020, at 10:00 a.m. in Room 802 at the Mississippi Department of Human Services, 200 South Lamar Street, Jackson, Mississippi.

The purpose of the hearing is to discuss and receive public input on the program year 2020 state plan for the Low-Income Weatherization Assistance Program. In addition, a discussion will be held on the program’s service delivery system as well as the new program requirements and changes. The Weatherization Assistance Program is administered by the Mississippi Department of Human Services- Division of Community Services and funded by the U.S. Department of Energy. The mission of the program is to reduce heating and cooling costs for low-income families, particularly the elderly, disabled and families with children by improving the energy efficiency of homes, ensure the health and safety of these individuals and provide a service delivery system which encompasses all 82 counties within the state.

Copies of the plan are available to the public and may be obtained from the Division of Community Services by calling (601)359-4768 or 1-800-421-0762.

Written comments will be accepted through April 21, 2020. The public is invited to attend.

2TC: 03-19, 04-02-20 -----------------------------------------------------------------ADVERTISEMENT FOR BIDS

BY THE JACKSON MUNICIPAL AIRPORT AUTHORITY FOR CLEARING AND GRUBBING SERVICES ON THE EAST METRO CORRIDOR 31.7 ACRES AT THE JACKSON-MEDGAR WILEY EVERS INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT (JMAA PROJECT NO. 7000-002-20)

The Jackson Municipal Airport Authority (“JMAA”) is requesting services from a Certified Disadvantaged Business Enterprise (DBE) of which that is certified by one of the DERRICK (LAST NAME UNKNOWN) acceptable certifying entities. Certified DBEs DEFENDANT eligible to bid on this solicitation are those who are certified by either the Mississippi CIVIL ACTION FILE NO. AD-2020-11317 T/1 Unified Certification Program (MUCP),

Jackson Municipal Airport Authority (JMAA), SUMMONS Mississippi Department of Transportation (By Publication) (MDOT), The City of Jackson, Mississippi Development Authority (MDA), or by the THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI United States Small Business Administration (SBA). (“JMAA”) will receive sealed bids at TO: DERRICK (LAST NAME UNKNOWN), the Jackson- Medgar Wiley Evers International who cannot be found with in the State of Airport (“JAN”), Main Terminal Building, Suite Mississippi, and whose whereabouts, street 300, in the City of Jackson, Rankin County, address and post office address, after diligent Mississippi, until 2:00 p.m. central time on search and inquiry are unknown and/or any April 24, 2020 (the “Bid Deadline”), for services person(s) claiming to be the father of the minor in connection with the Clearing and Grubbing child named in the Petition.

Services on the East Metro Corridor 31.7 Acres, Project No. 7000-002-20 at the JacksonYou have been made a Defendant in Petition to Medgar Wiley Evers International Airport (the Determine and Terminate Parental Rights “Work”). filed in this Court in the above styled and numbered cause by Lifeline Children’s JMAA will also accept electronic sealed bids Services of Mississippi by John Noblin, as specified in the bid documents. Bids will be Mississippi State Director, and a Minor Male accepted until 2:00 p.m. central time on April Child, By and Through his Next Friend, John 24, 2020, Electronic bids can be submitted at Noblin, seeking termination of your parental www.centralbidding.com. For any questions rights to the child named in the Petition. relating to the electronic bidding process, Defendants other than you in this action are please call Central Bidding at 225-810-4814. none.

Once registered, Suppliers can download bid You are summoned to appear and defend specifications and upload bid documents. against said complaint or petition at 9:00 A.M. on the 21st day of April 2020, in Courtroom No. JMAA will publicly open and read aloud all 1 of the Hinds County Chancery Courthouse, at bids at 2:15 p.m. central time on April 24, 2020 Jackson, Mississippi, before the Honorable (the “Bid Opening”), in the Staff Conference Dewayne Thomas, Chancellor and in case of Room, Third Floor of the Main Terminal your failure to appear and defend a judgment Building at JAN. will be entered against you for the money or other things demanded in the complaint or The outside or exterior of each bid envelope petition. or container of the bid must be marked with the Bidder’s company name and Mississippi You are not required to file an answer or other Certificate of Responsibility Number and with pleading but you may do so if you desire. the wording: “Clearing and Grubbing Services on the East Metro Corridor 31.7 Acres Project Issued under my hand and the seal of said at JAN, JMAA Project No. 7000-002-20.” Bid Court, this 5th day of March 2020. proposals, amendments to bids, or requests for withdrawal of bids received by JMAA after EDDIE JEAN CARR, CHANCERY the Bid Deadline will not be considered for any CLERK OF HINDS COUNTY, MISSISSIPPI cause whatsoever. JMAA invites Bidders and their authorized representatives to be present SEAL at the Bid Opening.

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Signed BY: S. RANKIN D.C. 3TC: 03-12, 19, 26-20 -----------------------------------------------------------------NOTICE OF SALE Notice of Sale is hereby given in accordance with the Mississippi Statutes governing the sale of abandoned motor vehicles, that the 2007 HONDA ACCORD bearing Vin# 1HGCM55387A015997 and registered to CHARLES COLE will be sold along with all contents of the above automobile for repair and storage charges and for the costs of this sale as follows:

JMAA will award the Work to the Lowest most responsive and responsible Bidder as determined by JMAA in accordance with the criteria set forth in the Information for Bidders.

The Information for Bidders contains, among other things, a copy of this Advertisement for Bids, Instructions to Bidders and an Agreement to be executed by JMAA and the lowest and most responsive and responsible Bidder. Any Addendums issued clarifying

and/or changing plans and specifications; clarifying and/or changing instructions in the Instruction to Bidders; and/or answering questions in relation to the Instructions to Bidders, including plans and specifications, shall become part of the Information for Bidders. Plans and specifications related to the Work are considered part of the Agreement.

The Information for Bidders, including plans and specifications, is on file and open for public inspection at JAN at the following address: Jackson-Medgar Wiley Evers International Airport Suite 300, Main Terminal Building 100 International Drive Jackson, Mississippi 39208 Telephone: (601) 939-5631 ext. 662 Facsimile: (601) 939-3713 Attention: Deuntagus Herndon, Procurement Specialist Bid Documents may be picked up or shipped to the person making the request. Documents will not be distributed or mailed, however, until payment is received.

JMAA will hold a Pre-Bid Conference at 2:00 p.m. central time on April 1, 2020 in the Community Room, Main Terminal Building at JAN. Attendance at the Pre-Bid Conference is highly encouraged for all those interested in submitting bids as a Prime Contractor for the Work and persons seeking opportunities to provide work as a Sub-Contractor. The benefits of attendance include networking opportunities between Prime Contractors and Sub-Contractors, as well as the opportunity to be on a list of contacts that will be published to interested parties as part of the minutes from the Pre-Bid Conference; review of the plans and specifications; and a site visit of the area covered in the scope of work. No site visits will be scheduled other than the one provided during the Pre-Bid conference.

JMAA reserves the right to amend the plans and specifications for the Work by Addendum issued before the Bid Deadline; to reject any and all bids; to waive informalities in the bidding process; and to hold and examine bids for up to ninety (90) days before awarding the Contract to perform the Work.

If it becomes necessary to revise any aspect of this Request for Bids or to provide additional information to Bidders, JMAA will issue one or more Addenda by posting on JMAA’s website (https://jmaa.com/corporate/partner-with-us/ procurement/). JMAA will also endeavor to deliver a copy of each Addendum, to all persons on record with JMAA as receiving a copy of the Information for Bidders, via email.

JACKSON MUNICIPAL AIRPORT AUTHORITY DATE: March 18, 2020

/s/ Paul A. Brown Paul A. Brown, Chief Executive Officer 2TC: 03-19, 26-20 -----------------------------------------------------------------ADVERTISEMENT FOR BIDS

BY THE JACKSON MUNICIPAL AIRPORT AUTHORITY FOR CONSTRUCTION AND RELATED SERVICES IN CONNECTION WITH HAWKINS FIELD PERIMETER LAND CLEARING AT HAWKINS FIELD AIRPORT (JMAA PROJECT NO. 12500-001-20) The Jackson Municipal Airport Authority (“JMAA”) is requesting services from a Certified Disadvantaged Business Enterprise (“DBE”) of which that is certified by one of the acceptable certifying entities. Certified DBEs eligible to bid on this solicitation are those who are certified by either the Mississippi Unified Certification Program (“MUCP”), Jackson Municipal Airport Authority (“JMAA”), Mississippi Department of Transportation (“MDOT”), The City of Jackson, Mississippi Development Authority (MDA), or by the United States Small Business Administration (SBA). (“JMAA”) will receive sealed bids at the Jackson-Medgar Wiley Evers International Airport (“JAN”), Main Terminal Building, Suite 300, in the City of Jackson, Rankin County, Mississippi, until 2:00 p.m. central time on April 22, 2020 (the “Bid Deadline”), for construction and related services in connection with the Hawkins Field Perimeter Land Clearing Project at Hawkins Field Airport (the “Work”).

JMAA will also accept electronic sealed bids as specified in the bid documents. Bids will be accepted until 2:00 p.m. central time on April 22, 2020. Electronic bids can be submitted at www.centralbidding.com. For any questions relating to the electronic bidding process, please call Central Bidding at 225-810-4814.

Once registered, Suppliers can download bid

Date of Sale: April 2, 2020 Place of Sale: Archie Towing, Storage & Recovery Services, 6700 Medgar Evers Blvd., Jackson, MS 39213 Time of Sale: 10:00 A.M. Seller reserves the right to bid on the above property and to reject any and all bids.

3TC: 03-12, 19, 26-20 -----------------------------------------------------------------Advertisement for Electronic Bid Bid 3128 Track and Field Renovations for Hughes Field

Tax Parcel 526-138, also described as: Lot Sealed, written formal bid proposals for the 56, ELMWOOD PARK SUBDIVISION, PART 7, above bids will be received by the Board a subdivision according to the map or plat of Trustees of the Jackson Public School thereof on file and of record in the office of the District, in the Business Office, 662 South Chancery Clerk of Hinds County at Jackson, President Street, Jackson, Mississippi, until Mississippi.

2:00 P.M. (Local Prevailing Time) April 17,

2020, at which time and place they will be You have been made a Defendant in the publicly opened and read aloud. A Pre-Bid complaint filed in this Court by IPSCSI Conference concerning the project Track and Foundation, LLC, seeking a final judgment Field Renovations for Hughes Field will be quieting and confirming title in the aboveheld at Hughes Field located on Ellis Avenue, described property as to all those with any Jackson, MS 39209 on April 03, 2020 at 1:30 legal or equitable interest therein.

P.M. Attendance at the pre-bid conference is not mandatory but strongly encouraged. The You are required to mail or hand-deliver a Board of Trustees reserves the right to reject written response to the Complaint to Jason any and all bids, to waive informalities, and to Owens, attorney for the Plaintiff, whose withhold the acceptance of any bid if approved address is 782 N. West St., Jackson, MS, for forty-five calendar days from the date bids 39202. are opened.

YOUR RESPONSE MUST BE MAILED OR DELIVERED WITHIN THIRTY (30) DAYS AFTER THE 12TH DAY OF MARCH, 2020 WHICH IS THE FIRST DATE OF PUBLICATION OF THIS SUMMONS. IF YOUR RESPONSE IS NOT SO MAILED OR DELIVERED A JUDGMENT

BY DEFAULT WILL BE ENTERED AGAINST YOU FOR THE MONEY OR OTHER THINGS DEMANDED IN THE COMPLAINT. You must also file the original of your response with the Clerk of this Court within a reasonable time afterward.

Issued under my hand and seal of said Court, this 9th day of March, 2020.

EDDIE JEAN CARR HINDS COUNTY CHANCERY CLERK Post Office Box 686 Jackson, MS 39205-0686 (SEAL) 3TC: 03-12, 19, 26-20 -----------------------------------------------------------------IN THE CHANCERY COURT OF THE FIRST JUDICIAL DISTRICT OF HINDS COUNTY, MISSISSIPPI

Plan holders are required to register and order bid documents at www.jpsdmsprojects.com.

A $100.00 Non-refundable deposit shall be required on each set of bid specs/documents and must be purchased through the website.

All plan holders are required to have a valid email address for registration. Questions regarding website registration and online orders, please contact Plan House Printing, 607 W. Main Street, Tupelo, MS 38804, (662) 407-0193. Questions regarding bid documents please contact Preston McKay at M3A Architecture, PLLC. Phone: 601-981-1227 or Email: pmckay@m3aarch.com.

2TC: 03-19, 26-20 -----------------------------------------------------------------LEGAL NOTICE THE MISSISSIPPI DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES DIVISION OF COMMUNITY SERVICES The Mississippi Department of Human Services-Division of Community Services will conduct a public hearing on the Low-Income

I P S C S I FOUNDATION LLC PLAINTIFF V.

LYNN FITCH IN HER CAPACITY AS ATTORNEY GENERAL FOR THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI; HINDS COUNTY, MISSISSIPPI; JODY OWENS, DISTRICT ATTORNEY FOR THE 7th JUDICIAL DISTRICT OF MISSISSIPPI; JO ANN RILEY OR IF DECEASED, THE UNKNOWN HEIRS OF JO ANN RILEY; AND ALL OTHER PERSONS, FIRMS, AND CORPORATIONS HAVING OR CLAIMING ANY LEGAL OR EQUITABLE INTERESTS IN THE FOLLOWING DESCRIBED LAND LOCATED IN THE FIRST JUDICIAL DISTRICT OF HINDS COUNTY, MISSISSIPPI SOLD FOR TAXES ON AUGUST 28, 2017, AS TO WIT: PARCEL NO. 2862-113-575

DEFENDANTS CIVIL ACTION NO. 20-251 SUMMONS BY PUBLICATION STATE OF MISSISSIPPI TO: JO ANN RILEY OR, IF DECEASED, HER HEIRS AT LAW; AND ALL OTHER PERSONS, FIRMS, AND CORPORATIONS HAVING OR CLAIMING ANY LEGAL OR EQUITABLE INTERESTS IN THE FOLLOWING DESCRIBED LAND LOCATED IN THE FIRST JUDICIAL DISTRICT OF HINDS COUNTY, MISSISSIPPI SOLD FOR TAXES ON AUGUST 28, 2017, AS TO WIT: PARCEL NO. 2862-113-575 Tax Parcel 2862-113-575, also described as: Lot 3, Huntcliff, Part 4, a subdivision, according to a map or plat thereof which is on file and of record in the office of the Chancery Clerk of Hinds County, at Jackson, Mississippi, in Plat Book 29, at page 34, reference to which

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specifications and upload bid documents.

JMAA will publicly open and read aloud all bids at 2:15 p.m. central time on April 22, 2020 (the “Bid Opening”), in the Staff Conference Room, Third Floor of the Main Terminal Building at JAN. The outside or exterior of each bid envelope or container of the bid must be marked with the Bidder’s company name and Mississippi Certificate of Responsibility Number and with the wording: “Hawkins Field Perimeter Land Clearing Project at HKS, JMAA Project No. 12500-001-20.” Bid proposals, amendments to bids, or requests for withdrawal of bids received by JMAA after the Bid Deadline will not be considered for any cause whatsoever.

JMAA invites Bidders and their authorized representatives to be present at the Bid Opening.

JMAA will award the Work to the lowest and best most responsive and responsible Bidder as determined by JMAA in accordance with the criteria set forth in the Information for Bidders.

The Information for Bidders contains, among other things, a copy of this Advertisement for Bids, Instructions to Bidders and an Agreement to be executed by JMAA and the lowest and most responsive and responsible Bidder. Any Addendums issued clarifying and/or changing plans and specifications; clarifying and/or changing instructions in the Instruction to Bidders; and/or answering questions in relation to the Instructions to Bidders, including plans and specifications, shall become part of the Information for Bidders. Plans and specifications related to the Work are considered part of the Agreement.

The Information for Bidders, including plans and specifications, is on file and open for public inspection at JAN at the following address: Jackson-Medgar Wiley Evers International Airport Suite 300, Main Terminal Building 100 International Drive Jackson, Mississippi 39208 Telephone: (601) 939-5631 ext. 621 Facsimile: (601) 966-5505 Attention: Crystal Taylor, Procurement Specialist JMAA will hold a Pre-Bid Conference at 3:00 p.m. central time on March 31, 2020 in the Community Room, Main Terminal Building at Hawkins Field (“HKS”). Attendance at the PreBid Conference is highly encouraged for all those interested in submitting bids as a Prime Contractor for the Work and persons seeking opportunities to provide work as a SubContractor. The benefits of attendance include networking opportunities between Prime Contractors and Sub-Contractors, as well as the opportunity to be on a list of contacts that will be published to interested parties as part of the minutes from the Pre-Bid Conference; review of the plans and specifications; and a site visit of the area covered in the scope of work. No site visits will be scheduled other than the one provided during the Pre-Bid conference.

JMAA reserves the right to amend the plans and specifications for the Work by Addendum issued before the Bid Deadline; to reject any and all bids; to waive informalities in the bidding process; and to hold and examine bids for up to ninety (90) days before awarding the Contract to perform the Work.

If it becomes necessary to revise any aspect of this Request for Bids or to provide additional information to Bidders, JMAA will issue one or more Addenda by posting on JMAA’s website (https://jmaa.com/corporate/partner-with-us/ procurement/). JMAA will also endeavor to deliver a copy of each Addendum, to all persons on record with JMAA as receiving a copy of the Information for Bidders, via email.

JACKSON MUNICIPAL AIRPORT AUTHORITY DATE: March 18, 2020

/s/ Paul A. Brown Paul A. Brown, Chief Executive Officer 2TC: 03-19, 26-20 -----------------------------------------------------------------HINDS COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS

HOME INVESTMENT PARTNERSHIPS PROGRAM

2020 HOME PROJECT

PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE

The Hinds County Board of Supervisors is considering applying to the Mississippi Home Corporation for a HOME Investment Partnership Grant. Under the HOME Investment Partnership Program the Hinds County Board of Supervisors can apply for a grant to reconstruct or rehabilitate homeowner homes. The Mississippi Home Corporation has allocated approximately $4 million in HOME Investment Partnership Grant funds that will be made available to cities and counties on a competitive basis to undertake eligible activities. These funds can be used for the following purposes: 1. to expand the supply of decent, safe, sanitary, and affordable housing; 2. to strengthen the abilities of states and units of general local government to design and implement strategies for achieving an adequate supply of affordable housing ; and 3. to provide participating jurisdictions, on a coordinated basis, with the various forms of federal housing assistance.

The activity for which these funds may be used is in the area of housing reconstruction and housing rehabilitation. More specific details regarding eligible activities, program requirements, and the rating system will be provided at the public hearing.

Public hearings will be held on the following dates and times:

• April 6, 2020 at 4:00 pm in the Town of Utica Board Room at Town Hall 110 White Oak Street;

• April 7, 2020 Town of Edwards Town Hall 310 Front Street Edwards, Mississippi 39066 at 3:00 p.m.

The purpose of the public hearings is to provide citizens with information regarding the nature of the repairs and to gain citizen input.

1TC: 03-19-20 -----------------------------------------------------------------REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS

Hinds County Board of Supervisors 2020 HOME Program Application Preparation and Administrative Services The Hinds County Board of Supervisors, Mississippi will accept sealed proposals from qualified firms to provide Application Preparation and Administrative Services for the County’s 2020 HOME Investment Act Partnerships Program. The (HOME) Grant will reconstruct and rehabilitate up to eight (8) substandard housing units within the County.

Those desiring consideration should submit proposals by the time and date stated below and must include the following: 1. Qualifications: List of qualifications of each staff person to be assigned to the project.

2. Experience: Information regarding the experience of the firm. This should include the types of projects undertaken.

3. Capacity for performance: Identify the title of staff available to be assigned to provide services.

Respondents will be evaluated according to the following factors: A. Consultant's Qualifications 30% B. Consultant’s Experience 40 % C. Availability and Capacity of the Consultant 30% The selection will be based upon an evaluation of the written responses. The award will be made to the most qualified offeror whose proposal is deemed most advantageous to the Hinds County Board of Supervisors all factors considered. Unsuccessful respondents will be notified in writing as soon as possible.

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State/Metro Respect Our Black Dollars leads protest against local service station

By Ivory Phillips

JA Contributing Editor

On Saturday, March 14, Respect Our Black Dollars led a protest rally against the Shell service station near the intersection of Boling Street and Northside Drive. The rally began with a 1:30 p.m. march from the parking lot of Mom’s Eats -n- Sweets at 2017 Boling Street. The participating marchers, who ranged from teenagers to elderly retirees, shouted slogans and carried picket signs as they marched.

Respect Our Black Dollars leader Stanley Wesley said that the rally was several weeks in the making. Organizing began after Sharon Taylor, upon leaving church – God’s Refuge Christian Church and Fellowship Center – went to the establishment on February 17th

and purchased $5.00 worth of liver cheese. She then drove to her home in north Jackson and found that the meat was “bad,” containing an unknown substance that appeared to be some type of spoilage.

Upon making that discovery, she drove back to the establishment, showed the clerk the meat, and asked for a refund.

Instead of a refund, she was rudely told that she did not buy the product there and therefore would not get a refund. Things escalated as she, the clerk, and other employees discussed the matter. In the exchange, according to Taylor, the clerk then refused to give her the bad meat back until she insisted that she had paid for it and therefore it was now her product. With the meat in hand she exited the store.

Because of the notoriety of Respect Our Black Dollars, Wesley was contacted. It was at that point that planning began.

Of course, by that time, Taylor’s close relatives and other church members had learned of the incident. Being supportive of her,

they have refused to shop there since that time.

Meanwhile, Respect Our Black Dollars set its wheels in motion. As the designated Saturday arrived, Carol Ellis and her children, Elijiah and Zayiyah, made picket signs for would-be participants.

(Incidentally, the children have both won Olympic bronze medals as boxers in their age categories.) The variety of signs which they made read: “Respect Our Black Dollars,” “Unfair Return Policies,” “Don’t Shop Here,” “Respect Us or Expect Us,” and “Bad Meat, Bad Service.” The protesters displayed them along the strip in front of the Shell station for drivers to see.

During the course of the rally, which lasted several hours, very few cars actually went in to purchase gas or other products, attesting to the success of the effort. There were enough protesters to front the entire block in which the station was located. Many drivers slowed or stopped to see what the protest was about.

At one point, the group was confronted by a security guard, who claimed that he did not work for the station owners.

He, nevertheless, challenged the protesters for being there rather than at some other locations protesting crime or gun violence in the city. Although not as vociferous as the security guard, a former city council member also expressed objection to the protest rally, saying that he knew the owner of the station and that the owner was the kind of man who would have rectified the matter if he had been contacted before the rally.

The rally was an example of the continuing work of Respect Our Black Dollars. Drawing from the ranks of grassroots, working class people, the organization has staged protests in the past when illegal and dangerous products were being sold in the community, when violence was perpetrated on community residents, and when establishments had become nuisances in the community.

In addition to such protests, the organization also encourages residents to patronize black businesses. At its annual awards banquet last month, several business owners received awards for their efforts. The organization continues to meet each month at the Afrikan Art Gallery on the corner of Farish and Monument streets.

Pushout:

Criminalizing young black schoolgirls

By Earnest McBride JA Contributing Editor

First, they came for the young black boys. Now, they’re locking up the young black girls and pushing them out of school, too.

The alert was first sounded by historian Carter G. Woodson’s in his 1933 lament about The MisEducation of the Negro. Then came Johnathan Kozol warning in 1967 of Death at an Early Age for black children who were traumatized and dehumanized by the public school systems under the control of cruel white overseers throughout the nation.

In 1983, Chicago educator Dr. Jawanza Kunjufu exposed the plot against black boys in the school system with a series of books that aimed at Countering the Conspiracy to Destroy Black Boys, in what he called the “4th Grade Syndrome,” while touching on the drugs like Ritalin and other prison-like discipline methods foisted on the black elementary school boys in the predominantly black Chicago public school system.

Currently, the problem has NOT seen a turn for the better. It has only grown bigger and more destructive, and now includes the millions of young black females entrusted to the direction and discipline of school systems that are out to get them, too, according to Dr. Monique W. Morris, author of the book: Pushout: the Criminalization of Black Girls in Schools.

Morris’ book was first published in 2015 and was made into a documentary film that just aired on March 16 on PBS and will be available through April 13, 2020. The documentary was also screened at the 2020 Pan African Film Festival in Los Angeles in mid-February.

Morris, a Doctor of Education, speaks of “schools to confinement pathways” rather than the more familiar “school to prison pipeline.”

“The concept of school to prison pipeline assumes that the pathways to incarceration for black females is identical to that of males has failed to curtail the use of exclusionary discipline on black females,” Morris says.

“Pathways is a more holistic and inclusive frame that captures the vulnerabilities of girls of color in ways the ‘pipeline’ frame does not.”

“When we assume that the conditions for males are identical to those for females,” Morris says, “then we are doing a disservice to the girls. What we want to do is try to be much

more inclusive with our definition.”

Boys are arrested on campuses for physical, aggressive behavior, Morris says. But girls are subjected to “subjective interpretation of attitude.” For girls, she says, “It’s not only about what happens in school. It’s also about the victimization and abuse. It’s also about the other conditions that are happening in the home. It’s also about the physical safety or lack thereof they experience on streets. It’s also about the sexualization that occurs that impacts how people engage them.”

think black girls are too loud?

Do they believe they have too much ‘attitude?’

“Black females are crying out for help. So much attention is being given to our males while our girls are being overlooked.

Black girls need more black female teachers. They need all teachers to give them higher expectations. They need schools to treat them fairly. Their suspension and dropout rates are four times greater than those of white girls. Black girls need black female mentors. They need to be taught the beauty of their history.

“Black girls should be treated

Dr. Monique W. Morris Kunjufu viewed the situation for boys as a desperate and destructive one in the early 1980s and the following decades. Since about 2015, however, he has been focusing a lot more on the plight of young black girls facing a slightly different set of perilous conditions than boys do.

“Many black girls are suspended because they wear their hair natural,” he writes in a 2015 article on “Black Girls Suspensions.” “A black girl in Orlando, Florida, was threatened with expulsion because she was bullied about her natural hairstyle. The school thought it best that she straighten her hair and she refused to do so. In another instance, a black girl was suspended because she juxtaposed Frederick Douglass’ views of education during slavery with present-day views of education.

Are these understandable policies for suspending black girls?

“Does America hate black females? Do most schools dislike black females? Are schools and teachers expecting black females to act like white females?

Do white teachers expect black girls to act like their daughters?

Do some schools and teachers

like students, not criminals,” Kunjufu concludes.

Morris says that black girls are looked upon as being more adult-like than their white counterparts, and frequently suffer the consequences for these misperceptions in the school classroom.

“We tend to see girls of color as more adult-like, though we women of color know they are babies,” Morris says. “So, it’s really important to isolate ‘who’ is seeing our girls as women prematurely and how that impacts the decision-making that occurs with respect to their behavior.

“The terms ‘adultification’ and ‘age compression’ are really about denying girls of color their childhood. It’s more about assigning more adult-like roles and responding to them as if they are little adults and therefore should know better and therefore engaging in harsher treatment. When we talk to girls of color, we see there is no room for error.”

“When you talk to girls who have experience school pushout, they describe a pathway to confinement, a pathway to criminalization that started with their

own priming for victimization and the failure to recognize that trauma in the institutions and among the adults in their lives.

There are social ideas about what constitutes ‘good girlhood’ in a way that if you step outside of that recognized norm, then you are susceptible to harm.”

Classifying black girls and boys as unruly or as the hyperactive vessels of the fictitious disease ADHD is a serious mistake and an inexcusable offense against the child diagnosed as such, research physician Robert Berezin said in an interview in the Jan. 6, 2017 edition of Psychology Today.

“In my opinion, there are no conditions that would warrant psychiatric drugs.

Antidepressants do nothing and can generate suicidal behavior among children of all ages.

ADHD as a so-called disease is fictitious. Yes, kids get out of control behaviorally and impulsively, along with having concentration issues. This comes from a child with an active temperament who needs clear boundaries and physical activity.

“The last thing in the world that any child needs is to be given a mental illness diagnosis or to be told they have a mental disorder. Children may certainly have problems, but they should not be thought of in terms of mental illness. They are just kids.”

When asked if girls should be given “the talk” about their plight in school similar to “the talk” that black parents and caregivers routinely give to young African American men about police, Morris said yes, it should be a part of the young girls education from the home that will help prepare her for the trauma – if it should befall her – that is everpresent in the public schools.

“I have these conversations all the time,” Morris said. “I think the conversations I’ve been having with my daughters and other girls in my world is about ‘safety.’ And, we have come to understand safety…as a function of how individuals are either killed by the state in the public or how interactions with institutions render people vulnerable to being locked up.”

Mississippi Public Broadcasting is expected to replay the documentary Pushout: The Criminalization of Black Girls in Schools at various times until April 13, 2020. For schedule information, call MPB at 601-432-6565 or visit www. mpbonline.org.

Thousands of Mississippians are vulnerable to coronavirus because too poor to make bail Civil rights group calls on judges to immediately release pretrial detainees

JANS – A new report by the Roderick and Solange MacArthur Justice Center at the University of Mississippi School of Law reveals that more than 5,200 people are incarcerated in Mississippi’s county jails, the vast majority are those too poor to make bail while awaiting their criminal trial. Not only a matter of criminal and economic justice, during a global pandemic, these numbers represent a clear health danger to the detained community as well as Mississippians more broadly.

Cliff Johnson, director of the Mississippi office of the MacArthur Justice Center, emphasized the vulnerability of those held in county jails. “The thousands of Mississippians locked up in our local jails find themselves sharing common areas, bunk beds, toilets, sinks, and showers with dozens of different people each day.

Mississippi sheriffs will be the first to tell you that they do not have the expertise or resources to deal with a pandemic like

COVID-19. Our county jails have few, if any, full-time licensed medical providers, no proper isolation rooms, and woefully inadequate equipment and training specific to dealing with infectious diseases.”

The MacArthur Justice Center at the University of Mississippi School of Law is one of several civil rights organizations that earlier this week issued a letter to government officials warning about the dangers of a coronavirus outbreak in Mississippi’s prisons and jails. The letter highlighted more than a dozen issues to be acted upon in attempting to minimize that risk. Johnson is urging Mississippi judges to consult with sheriffs and use the MacArthur Justice Center report issued March 18, 2020 to identify those people who could be released from county jails immediately. “Starting today, sheriffs and judges must work together to identify and release the hundreds of individuals currently incarcerated

in our county jails who can be safely returned to their homes to await trial. We should start with those detained persons who are in poor health and are most likely to suffer serious harm, and even death, should they contract the coronavirus.”

Johnson also urges Mississippi law enforcement to refrain from arresting misdemeanor and non-violent offenders during this time of heightened concern over jailhouse infection. He says that arrests are not necessary in order for prosecutors to pursue cases involving minor offenses.

Johnson confirmed that he and other Mississippi civil rights lawyers have been speaking with health care professionals regarding the consequences of a coronavirus outbreak in Mississippi’s prisons and jails.

According to Johnson, one of the biggest public health concerns is that such an outbreak could result in Mississippi’s limited number of ICU beds and respirators being overrun with dozens of patients from

a single prison or jail. Should that happen, Johnson fears providers might be forced to ration scarce resources in a manner that could put lives at risk.

The new report issued March 18 identifies roughly 2,500 detainees who have been in jail longer than 90 days. More than 575 people have been stuck in county jails over a year. The MacArthur Justice Center estimates that Mississippi counties spend at least $85 million each year on pretrial incarceration.

The report is available at www.

MSjaildata.com.

According to the MacArthur Justice Center, poor Mississippians detained in county jails find themselves in such a dangerous situation, because they are not able to pay cash bail improperly imposed by Mississippi’s justice and municipal court judges.

Despite well-established law and rules of criminal procedure clearly prohibiting the use of money bail unless evidence proves a detained person awaiting trial is a flight risk

or a danger to the community, Mississippi judges force people to pay for their release in virtually every felony case in Mississippi. So says Johnson, “MacArthur and other civil rights organizations have successfully sued municipalities over illegal bail practices, and I have lectured at judicial conferences until I’m blue in the face regarding the fact that the use of money bail should be the exception and not the rule. All but a few of Mississippi’s justice and municipal court judges defiantly refuse to follow the law when it comes to forcing people to buy their liberty. The presumption of innocence is all but dead in Mississippi’s justice and municipal courts.”

Andre DeGruy, Mississippi’s State Public Defender, is particularly concerned by the fact that very few people have the benefit of counsel when bail decisions are made by Mississippi judges. “The determination of whether to require a person to post a monetary bond for their release is

very serious, and judges are supposed to consider evidence and analyze more than a dozen different factors in making that decision. Despite the gravity of this process and the fact that imposing bail can result in poor Mississippians being locked up for two years or more before finally getting their day in court, defense counsel is almost never present during these hearings. This reality of our broken public defender system creates a class-based system in which poor people languish in jail awaiting trial while people with money are out within 48 hours of being arrested.”

This is the fourth report on Mississippi’s local jail population issued by the MacArthur Justice Center at the University of Mississippi School of Law. FWD.us, a bipartisan advocacy organization focused on criminal justice reform, recently provided a grant to support the Center’s ongoing collection and reporting of Mississippi jail census data.

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March 19-25, 2020

State/Metro The Jackson City NAACP Branch held its annual Black History program on Sunday, Feb. 16, 2020, at the M.W. Stringer Lodge. The theme was “Dream, Hope, and Change: Celebrating Village Elders�. The branch honored sixteen warriors who paved the way for us. Their impact is unmatched, and their works stand the test of time.

Those honored were Addie Green, Constance S. Harvey, Delores Orey, Doris P. Smith, Dorothy P. Williams, Dr. John Rigsby, Dr. Robert Smith, Rev. Edward Hightower, Emma Sanders, Esther Muhammad, Esther Rigsby, Jeremy Tobin, Ineva May-Pittman, L.C. Dorsey, R.L.T. Smith, and Shirley Harrington.

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Hinds County School District Weekly Update!

Engaging • Empowering • Ensuring • Excellence

Mississippi State University honors Distinguished Alumni Fellow Raymond, MS resident and Raymond High Air Force JROTC Instructor, Colonel Tyrone A. Williams is the Distinguished Alumni Fellow for the Department of Agricultural and Biological Engineering. He earned a Bachelor of Science in Agricultural Engineering Technology and Business from Mississippi State University in 1988. He is the department head for the Raymond High School Air Force Junior Reserve Officer Training Corps. Prior to that position, Colonel Williams served as Maintenance Operations Squadron Commander for the Mississippi Air National Guard. He has commanded the Air National Guard’s first Air Education and Training Command C-17 Field Training Detachment; organized, staffed, directed, coordinated, and budgeted resources to meet operations; and overseen aircraft and facilities valued at $3.5 billion. He earned his Master’s degree in Military Operational Arts and Science from Air University’s Air Command and Staff College in 2009. He will complete his Doctorate in Public Administration at Jackson State University in Spring 2020.

Pictured are Wes Burger (left), Agricultural and Biological Engineering Interim Head, and Colonel Tyrone A. Williams.

HCSD hosts annual awards appreciation for its employees

The Hinds County School District recently hosted its annual awards appreciation for its employees. The recognition event is designed to recognize and award those employees with five, ten, fifteen, twenty, and twenty-five years of services to the HCSD.

HIGHLIGHTS FROM ANNUAL AWARDS AND APPRECIATION DAY

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State/Metro Connecting the Dots Foundation celebrates 100 years of voting rights for women

By Brinda Fuller Willis, PhD JA Contributing Writer

Marilyn Luckett, founder and CEO of Connecting the Dots Foundation, Inc. honored seven women and three organizations during an extravagant event “Celebrating 100 Years of Voting Rights for Women” on Saturday, March 7, 2020 at the downtown Marriott Hotel.

March is National Women’s History Month.

Local WLBT television personalities Maggie Wade Dixon and Walt Grayson hosted the event serving as mistress and master of ceremonies for several consecutive years. Dixon was accompanied by her granddaughter this year. Dixon and Grayson welcomed the audience. Dixon also presented the occasion and Grayson offered the invocation. Dr. Fran Baker, a member of the advisory board for Connecting the Dots Foundation, Inc., greeted everyone.

This year’s event had letters of support from Governor Tate Reeves, Senator Cindy Hyde Smith, Representative Bennie G. Thompson, Attorney General Lynn Fitch, Mayor Chokwe Antar Lumumba and Molly Murphy MacGregor, Executive Director and Co-Founder of the National Women’s History Alliance. A proclamation was sent and signed by the Speaker of the House of Representatives Philip Gunn and State Representative Alyce G. Clarke supporting “Celebrating 100 Years of Voting Rights for Women.”

Entertainment for the evening was provided by soprano Tiffany Williams, violinist Tyler Dennis, and pianist Torrian Wynn. Ballet Magnificat dancers Rebeckah

The 2020 Connecting the Dots Foundation honorees. (Photo by Brinda Fuller Willis) Schmitz and Sarah Owens performed twice during the event.

Miss Mississippi 2019 Mary Margaret Hyer and her mother were also in attendance.

“Valiant Women of the Vote” honorees were led

by Representative Alyce G. Clarke followed by Donna Ladd (Co-Founder of the Jackson Free Press), Dr. Patricia Sims (President of Drake State College), Dorothy Triplett (Community Activist) and Flonzie Brown Wright (Civil Rights Activist).

A scrumptious dinner menu of salad, entrée, and dessert was created by the Marriott Hotel chef and served by the hotel staff who catered to every need and requirement of their guests.

Judge Latrice A. Westbrooks announced her candidacy for the Mississippi Supreme Court judgeship. Afterwards, Judge

Voter registration in Mississippi The road to black suffrage

By Dr. James E. Sulton, Jr. JA Higher Education Correspondent

Every month is Black History Month. People who ignore their history are doomed to repeat it. Both of these widely known sayings are relevant in the continual context of voter suppression. As red state politicians relentlessly seek to block access to voting by black and brown citizens we need to remember that this pheSulton nomenon is not new. Denying democratic privileges to people based on their skin color has been in practice since the end of the civil war. So has the fight to overcome such oppression.

The Mississippi voting rights movement became the subject of thoughtful analysis and discussion at a special learning session held in Orangeburg, S.C. earlier this month. The Center for Creative Partnerships and the Orangeburg-Calhoun Technical college hosted a seminar entitled “Freedom Summer – Mississippi 1964” reflecting on a PBS documentary with the same name about some of the fiercest experiences during the days of the movement.

The film highlighted that period when three young civil rights workers were horribly murdered in Philadelphia, MS and the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party rocked the national party convention in Atlantic City. Fannie Lou Hamer led the MDFP at that

time and Lyndon Johnson grew terrified in a real sense. The ultimate result of all this experience was his signing the Voting Rights Act of 1965.

The OC-Tech seminar was an important reminder about the vital significance voting rights holds in the continuous struggle for freedom in our country. Today Schwerner, Goodman and Chaney may not be widely known names like they used to be in 1964. Their mention does not generate the power they had when historic federal civil rights legislation was being considered. But the lessons taught by their murders remain relevant in the context of current events. As the Supreme Court obliterates the precedents set for voting rights and the Senate turns a blind eye to the underhanded efforts being perpetrated now to deny people their right to vote, the government would do well to recall that the American people never abide that sort of treachery.

Now that history is repeating itself in nefarious forms of voter suppression, so also is the fight for freedom reigniting in the form of movements like “Fair Fight” which Stacey Abrams is spearheading to ensure the principle of one man– one vote.

The struggle for democracy continues today just like it always has since white supremacists took mean spirited steps to roll back the gains made during Reconstruction.

We must never allow significant history like that reflected in Freedom Summer 1964 to fade from memory.

Westbrooks made a passionate appeal for every to complete the 2020 Census punctuating the importance of the Census and explaining how Mississippians benefit from being counted and provided a brief history of the Census.

Dr. Carmen J. Walters, President of Tougaloo College, represented the college as part of the second round of honorees. Dr. Walters was followed by Vicki

Slater (Community Activist), Lynette Suttler (Women for Progress of Mississippi), National Council of Negro Women, and Fannie Lou Hamer (Civil Rights Activist), posthumously.

Fannie Lou’s adopted daughter, Jackie Hamer Flakes, accepted her award, giving the audience a personal account and overview of Hamer’s home-life, revealing an intimate peak into their relation-

ship as mother, , and life lived with an iconic figure.

Mississippi Valley State University Professor Sade Turnipseed accepted a monetary award to go toward a Fannie Lou Hamer marker to be seated on March 27, 2020 at the Sunflower County courthouse in Indianola, Mississippi. According to Turnipseed, “The Fannie Lou Hamer marker dedication cer-

emony will be held at a future date.”

Each honoree was presented with an award trophy along and a token of appreciation with jewelry donated by Carter Jewelers of Jackson, the diamond event sponsor.

Marilyn Luckett gave final remarks, thanking everyone for their continued support of the work of Connecting the Dots Foundation, Inc.

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Consumer Trustmark holds groundbreaking ceremony for future Brandon branch

JANS – On March 5, Trustmark held a ceremonial groundbreaking for its new, full-service office in Brandon at 1363 West Government Street, where the new office is scheduled to open in November 2020. In attendance were local community leaders, business owners, architectural designers, construction managers, and Trustmark executive officers who helped turn the first ceremonial shovels of dirt to kick-off the building project.

“We’ve been part of the Rankin County market for over 100 years, and today’s groundbreaking represents our continued commitment to making a significant investment in this community,” stated Art Stevens, Trustmark Retail Banking President.

“The construction of Trustmark Brandon serves as a testament to Rankin County, its flourishing economy, and the great things happening in this area.”

The two-story, 10,300 square foot financial center will be home to over 30 Trustmark associates. Modern in design, Trustmark’s Brandon office will

A 4-generation sweet tea recipe

By Dionne Bass

Jackson Advocate Guest Writer

For four generations our family’s kitchen has been a place of conversation, laughter, and a place where memories are created. Before I was born, my great-grandmother was one to create her own recipes. One particular recipe was her sweet tea. Not wanting to be the simple, typical cook, my great-grandmother took her sweet tea to a different level – a recipe that would be passed down for 4 generations, enjoyed by many, and marveled over by family and friends.

My grandmother, Ella W. Robinson, is the true heart of Perfectly Tea, LLC, bringing

the tea to its perfection after her mother. Perfectly Tea, LLC was introduced to the public the first of this year. God has been so awesome throughout this process of introducing this amazing beverage to the general public.

Our beverages include the 4-generation recipe sweet tea and homemade lemonades.

Our beverages pair well with any meal for any occasion.

We offer beverage catering services and fulfill large and small/personal orders. In addition, we offer an organizing service. Organize, e.t.c, which offers personal attention to bringing harmony to your surroundings.

We firmly believe that with-

out God none of this would be possible. We are grateful to Him every day we continue our company. We are thankful to those that have provided us with outlets and opportunities to get the company noticed.

We look forward to many more amazing moments where everyone can enjoy Perfectly Tea. The legacy continues, as “down through four generations of our family tree, we bring you this amazing beverage we call Perfectly Tea.” Current location: Farmers Market on High Street, Saturdays from 8am-1pm Follow us on Instagram: @ perfectly_tea Message us: perfectlytea@ gmail.com

Message from Ward 2 Councilman

Melvin V. Priester, Jr. Still working hard at City Hall for the residents of Ward 2 and all citizens of Jackson, MS 5375 Executive Place • Jackson, MS 39206 Phone: (601) 353-2460 • Fax: (601) 353-2074 info@electmelpriester.com

provide full-service retail banking, as well as Tailored Wealth, commercial lending, and mortgage banking services. Design for the new branch comes from Canizaro Cawthon Davis Architecture, and W.G Yates & Sons Construction Company will serve as the contractor.

“We are excited to announce our plans for a new office and location in the Brandon market,” stated Hal Williams, Trustmark Rankin County President.

“This location will not only provide us with a convenient and central location to service the needs of our valued customers, it will also help us to con-

tinue to cultivate and strengthen our relationships in the Rankin County area.”

The new office will feature one of Trustmark’s new and efficient customer offerings, myTeller® Interactive Teller Machine, which allows customers to experience face-to-face interactions with a teller through audio/video delivery. myTeller offers many added benefits, including extended banking hours of Monday – Friday, 7 a.m. – 7 p.m., functioning as a traditional ATM for convenient 24/7 banking, and offering same day credit for most deposits made by 9 p.m. on weeknights.

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Canton Career Center Career Fair 2020 The Canton Career Center held its annual Career Day on February 13, 2020. CCC Director Rodney Harris and counselor Richard Austin thank professionals for sharing their career expertise with our students and for letting them know their career paths are filled with endless possibilities if they stay in school and obtain the proper skills and education. A special thanks to CPSD School Board Secretary Dr. Shivochie Dinkins; School Adopter Simon Collier, VP of BankPlus; WJTV Sports Anchor Samaria Terry; WLBT Morning News Anchor Symphonie Privett; and WJMI Sam Brown for talking with our students. Hats off to all of our business leaders for participating!

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Rodney Harris, CCC Director, and Simon Collier, BankPlus VP and school adopter

Derrick Rainey and representatives from Holmes Community College

Superintendant Gary Hannah, Canton Fire Department, and

Holmes Community College

Office of the Secretary of State

Emergency Management, Canton Fire Department, and Canton Police Department representatives

Dr. Leroy Levy, Dean of Hinds Community College; Dr. Shivochie Dinkins; and college representatives

WJMI’s Sam Brown shared his expertise with students.

Assistant Superintendent Timothy Chambers and CCC Director Rodney Harris

Supt. Gary Hannah and CMU representatives WJTV Sports Anchor Samaria Terry shared with students about sports broadcasting.

WLBT Morning News Anchor Symphonie Privett and CCC staff

WJTV Sports Anchor Samaria Terry

WLBT Morning News Anchor Symphonie Privett

Entergy representatives, CCC staff, and student

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