:: cover stories

W-O-M-E-N: In Mississippi, Are Girls On The Side?

by Casey Parks
Photo by Thabi Moyo
March 16, 2005

Just a generation ago, most Mississippi women were facing an M.R.S. degree. "In 1969, graduating from Millsaps, your choice was to become a teacher or a nurse or go to grad school so…
 
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The World of Queendom: A Primer

by Emily Braden
Photo by Tom Joynt
March 16, 2005

So you wannabe a wannabe. Congratulations. By inviting the spirit of the Sweet Potato Queens into your heart, you have committed yourself to a lifetime of fun and laughter and "unbridled joy." Gone…
 
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What’s In A Name?

by Daniel Townsend
Sign illustration by Davin Lassiter
March 9, 2005

Quick. Why did John R. Lynch get a street around Jackson State University named after him? Who is Forrest County named after? How about Duling Avenue in Fondren? Or Alcorn State University? 
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Mondo County, Only One Rock Star, Highways of Heroes, and Crispy Critter

by Daniel Townsend, Lynette Hanson, and Brett Potter
Photo by Lynette Hanson
March 9, 2005

Mondo County

Some place names in Mississippi are comical, and some are just plain bizarre.

 
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Dean Does Dixie

Casey Parks interviews Howard Dean, Charles Evers and the head of the Jackson State University Young Democrats about race politics in the South.

by Casey Parks
March 1, 2005
*JFP Exclusive*

This story is available at this link.
 
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A Bad Rap?
A Collision of Politics And Music

by Adrienne Hearn
Photo by Jaro Vacek
February 23, 2005

Scene A: In April 2004, young black women at Spelman College in Atlanta protested the rapper Nelly's planned appearance there because his videos are offensive and misogynistic to women. The video for "Tip…
 
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Son of Jazz: An Interview With Thelonious Monk III

by Thabi Moyo
Photo by Thabi Moyo
February 23, 2005

Thelonious Monk III, the son of the renowned jazz pianist, recently took part in the Thelonius Monk Institute of Jazz at Jim Hill High School. I spoke with Monk in the Jim Hill…
 
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Artists To Watch 2003

by Skyla Dawn Luckey, Casey Parks, Catherine Womack, and Lynette Hanson
February 23, 2005

Wooden Finger
Matthew Magee and Allison Jenkins formed their band, Wooden Finger in September of 2004. "We are a melting pot of influences," Jenkins says. "Our influences come from bluegrass, ambient…
 
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Soldier’s Heart

by Dan Frosch
February 16, 2005

The first time Kristin Peterson's husband hit her, she was asleep in their bed. She awoke that night a split second after Joshua's fist smashed into her face and ran, terrified and crying, to the bathroom to wipe the blood…
 
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Shell Shock: How Do You Identify A Soldier With PTSD?

by Brett Potter
February 16, 2005

Bobby Cook, a retired chaplain for the National Guard, is a veteran of three mobilizations—Vietnam, Bosnia and Afghanistan. However, he was federally mobilized in Vietnam, so he did not perform the duties of a chaplain then.

 
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