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megan prosper mately 200 people showed up for the reception. She also had a classical guitarist playing flamenco music in the rotunda. Now, the Fondren resident is pursuing her passions in two different ways. Prosper has her first part-time art-teaching job at The Veritas School in Ridgeland. She says that it has been an enjoyable learning experience. In the classroom, she incorporates art history and other things that she learned at Belhaven. “Art is one of those areas where it’s OK to break the rules,” she says, adding that projects she gives her students encourage them to think outside societal boundaries. “It’s awesome to be able to inspire kids to do that.” Prosper also works as a sales associate at Anthropologie and hopes to be on its design team one day. Another important aspect of Prosper’s life is mission work. She traveled to São Paulo, Brazil, with a group called ZOE Ministry and to Peru with Twin Lakes Camp, a ministry of Jackson’s First Presbyterian Church. Prosper sees Jackson as a good place to get one’s feet wet. She strives to do the unexpected with her artwork and refuses to let anyone, including herself, tell her that any idea is too big or too crazy. “I still feel like there is something more for me here as far as opportunities in art,” she says. “I think there is a lot of potential here in this city.” —Briana Robinson

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During October, Belhaven University’s Bitsy Irby Visual Arts and Dance Building gallery was home to Megan Prosper’s artwork. Black-and-white photographs lined one wall while another had seemingly random dangling items. Her artwork consists of “bits and pieces of scraps and old throwaway things” that she has put together to make something beautiful. Originally from Moreno Valley, Calif., Prosper has never lived in any one place for more than three years. Her father was in the Air Force, and as she was growing up, Prosper lived in many different places including Korea and Germany. She says a search for home is a prominent theme in her work as a result. Prosper, 23, is a 2011 Belhaven University graduate with degrees in biblical studies and visual arts. She specifically wanted to go to a school that had these two majors. “For me, they’re really similar. When I’m creating artwork or researching for a piece that I want to do, a lot of themes and ideas that run through it have a thread back to the Bible,” Prosper says. “For me, art is a way to get closer to God and understand the truth of this world and about Himself. … I knew that I needed to study both biblical studies and art.” Prosper’s senior show last March was such a huge hit that the school invited her back last month to show it again. In March, the show lasted for two and a half weeks, and approxi-

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Valerie Wells is assistant editor of the JFP and BOOM Jackson. She’s interested in covering the media in Mississippi and figuring out who controls the news. Email ideas to Valerie@jacksonfreepress.com. She wrote the main cover story about the Personhood Initiative.

Lacey McLaughlin News Editor Lacey McLaughlin is a Florida native who enjoys riding her bike around Jackson. She is always on the hunt for news tips. E-mail Lacey@jacksonfreepress.com or call 601.362.6121 x. 22. She wrote a cover story about the “Yes on 26” campaign and several news pieces.

Elizabeth Waibel Reporter Elizabeth Waibel grew up in Clinton. In May, she received her journalism degree from Union University in Jackson, Tenn. She likes coffee and trying new cake recipes. She contributed to the cover package, writing about voter ID and eminent domain, and wrote talks.

Andrea Thomas Advertising Designer Andrea Thomas is a native of Ridgeland and is a recent Antonelli College graduate. She loves to sing, dance, write poetry and stalk people on Facebook in her free time. She designed many ads for this issue.

Briana Robinson Deputy Editor Briana Robinson is a 2010 graduate of St. Andrew’s Episcopal School. Her hobbies include photography, ballet and ballroom dancing. She is a sophomore at Millsaps College. She wrote the Jacksonian.

Tom Head Freelance writer Tom Head is a Jackson native. He has written or co-written 24 nonfiction books, is a civil liberties writer for About. com and is a grassroots progressive activist. He wrote a book review.

Jane Flood Jane Flood has led a full life. She has lived in, visited and tasted cuisine the world over. She has taught Pilates to Saints, written a romance novel and fed Thai royalty. She currently lives in Fondren. She wrote a food piece.

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JFP Endorsements: Vote Nov. 8 Governor: Johnny DuPree, D Despite Mayor DuPree’s unfortunate support for the Personhood Initiative, he is the clear choice for governor against Lt. Gov. Phil Bryant, who has veered so far to the right that we’ve had a hard time finding a Republican who will tell us they are happy about voting for him. For several years now, we have documented Lt. Gov. Bryant’s growing extremism, which has turned into sheer pandering to the Tea Party. Bryant supports nonsensical (and expensive) government regulation such as an Arizona-style anti-immigrant law, and he has called for an empty voter ID initiative that will cost the taxpayers at least a million dollars with no evidence that it will reduce actual voter fraud. He made no secret about his desire to simply redistrict voting strength away from the state’s majority-black areas. Bryant also seems to be running more against President Obama and “Obamacare” (see page 45) than against DuPree. Bryant makes Gov. Barbour look moderate and thoughtful by comparison. DuPree has “executive branch” experience (vs. Bryant’s legislative resume) and, very importantly, takes a strong stance in favor of improving public education—and seems to understand much better than Bryant that any “job creation” efforts will be useless without an educated work force. DuPree also understands that creating jobs is about more than giving corporations anything they want. We know a black man—even a conservative-tomoderate one such as DuPree—has an uphill battle in a state with Mississippi’s race history. But we agree with endorsers such as the Biloxi Sun-Herald that he is the far better, and less divisive, choice than Phil Bryant. On top of that, DuPree’s election will go far to send a message—including to job creators elsewhere—that Mississippi has changed. Let’s elect DuPree. COURTESY JOHNNY DUPREE CAMPAIGN

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Attorney General: Jim Hood, D We won’t hide that Hood sometimes worries us (such as with his support of Personhood and the death penalty), but he is a far superior choice than Steve Simpson. Hood unabashedly works against domestic abuse in the state, and we appreciate his efforts to hold misbehaving corporations accountable and bring money into the state, which his opponent seems unlikely to do. Not to mention, it is a huge disappointment to see Simpson not have anything better to do with his campaign signs than run against “Obamacare.” He is making the state look bad before taking office. This one is clear: Re-elect Jim Hood. State Treasurer: Connie Moran, D Moran, the mayor of Ocean Springs, is another obvious choice, although her opponent is better funded. Moran has master’s and bachelor’s degrees in finance and international commerce from Georgetown University in Washington, D.C. In the 1990s,

she served as managing director for the Mississippi European Office in Frankfurt, Germany, recruiting new business and industry to the state for the Mississippi Development Authority. She also worked as an economist at the World Trade Organization in Geneva, Switzerland. She would be an exciting, forward-thinking choice as treasurer. Moran is a refreshingly smart choice. Commissioner of Insurance: Mike Chaney, R We were concerned about Chaney four years ago, but must say that he is probably our favorite statewide Republican. Granted, it’s in part because he is willing to answer our questions in a forthright manner. He is also a clear advocate on behalf of disaster victims. He’s in the right job. Transportation Commissioner, Central District: Marshand Crisler, D We made our decision based on one Jacksoncentric issue: Dick Hall supports the kind of superhighway to Flowood that is anathema to smart urban planning, and Crisler does not. Vote for Crisler. State Senate, District 29: David Blount, D Blount has proved a refreshing senator in a Senate without a lot of them. We especially applaud his work on behalf of public education and passing stronger laws on behalf of domestic-abuse victims. House, District 64: Dorsey Carson, D The choice could not be clearer. The incumbent, Bill Denny, is a dug-in conservative who seldom seems to have issues facing the metro close at heart. Carson is a personable, energetic advocate for public education—and when he talks about fighting crime, it is evidence-based. He understands the roots of crime and wants to bring that intelligence to the state Legislature. Vote Carson in District 64. House, District 73: Brad Oberhousen, D We like Oberhousen, a personable Raymond native, because he is talking smart development in a district where we need to hear that more often. We want to see our Byram, Terry and Raymond readers enjoy the kind of economic development coming to other parts of the city. Vote Oberhousen. Hinds County Supervisor, District 1: John Dennery, R We have watched with dismay as incumbent Robert Graham has come unraveled through controversies uncovered and reported by this paper and other media outlets. And he has refused to address most of the issues, leaving us no choice but to urge voters to vote against him. Dennery is a long-time and respected businessman in Jackson, and we hope he serves the entire county with integrity and compassion. Hinds County Supervisor, District 3: Peggy Hobson Calhoun, D Calhoun has long been one of the few Hinds supervisors who will speak out when needed and chal-

lenge some of the questionable decisions the supervisors—who too often see themselves as untouchable kings—made on the taxpayers’ behalf. We can’t afford to lose her now. Justice Court Judge, District 1: Don Palmer, D This is as much a vote against Palmer’s listed opponent (as of press day) as for him. His opponent, James Hendrix, is a controversial local blogger who goes by various names and promotes often-anonymous trash talk on his site (and then sells candidates ads around it). Is he a serious candidate? It’s hard to tell. He has refused an interview and told our reporters he is dropping out, but as of Nov. 1, his name was still on the ballot. Whatever his story of the day, this blogger of many names certainly has no business as a judge. Vote for Palmer, clearly the more serious candidate. Justice Court Judge, District 4: Damon R. Stevenson, D As an intelligent and impressive young attorney, Damon Stevenson strikes us as exactly the kind of judge we would like to see in the metro’s future. The 28-year-old Tougaloo graduate (degree in economics) and Mississippi College Law School graduate owns his own firm, the Stevenson Legal Group, and is the only candidate who appears to have a campaign website listing his qualifications—and wants to help bring the judicial system into this century. Stevenson is a native of Brandon who currently lives in Raymond with his wife, Jessica Morris Stevenson. He worked as a federal probation officer after law school until he opened his firm in 2009. Vote for Stevenson. NO on Initiative 26, Personhood This effort, led by men, many from out of state, is an upside-down effort to outlaw abortion, but with no regard for the life of the mother or the dangerous problems inherent in letting government make difficult and painful family decisions. Regardless of your position on abortion, this initiative clearly goes way too far, leaving the door open for legislators and judges to hurt families and even not allow them to choose whether their mother can live. There are much more intelligent, compassionate ways to discuss lowering unwanted pregnancy and abortion rates. This must be voted down. NO on Initiative 27, Voter ID The effort to require voter identification at the polls is expensive and redundant government regulation at its most absurd. Its supporters can point to no evidence that it will actually fix existing voter fraud, and it will cost taxpayers and voters. Throw this garbage in the trashcan where it belongs. YES on Initiative 31, Eminent Domain Sadly, the state of Mississippi under Gov. Haley Barbour showed how much this effort is needed—to stop government from overstepping its authority to get private land for cheap and then give it to corporations (such as Nissan) and developers. Note that voting for No. 31 will not stop the government from condemning blighted areas and taking uninhabitable properties and later selling them to developers. It will simply stop abuse of eminent domain in the form of corporate welfare. Vote yes.

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Thursday, Oct. 27 The Environmental Protection Agency holds a meeting about the cleanup of the hazardous-waste site of KerrMcGee Chemical plant in Columbus. … More than 20 medical professionals hold a press conference at the state Capitol to speak out against Initiative 26. Friday, Oct. 28 A federal judge approves a $1.2 billion government settlement with black farmers to whom the Department of Agriculture unfairly denied loans and financial assistance over the years. Saturday, Oct. 29 A Taliban suicide bomber kills 12 American soldiers, making it the deadliest attack against Americans since the war began. … Mississippi State beats Kentucky 28 to 16. Sunday, Oct. 30 Three Ole Miss freshmen from Madison die in a car accident while driving back to school after a trip home. … The United Nations marks the birth of the world’s 7th billionth child. ... New Orleans Saints lost to the St. Louis Rams, handing that team its first victory.

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Tuesday, Nov. 1 C Spire Wireless announces that it will begin selling the iPhone 4S and iPhone 4 on Nov. 11. … After customer complaints over debit card-free increases, SunTrust and Regions bank announce they will cancel the monthly charges. ... St. Louis native R.L. Nave starts his new reporter gig at the JFP. Watch for him. Breaking updates at jfpdaily.com.

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t’s probably not every day that a state “It’s going to be a great thing when I can check, the $1.1 million allocation comes transportation commissioner double- take my bike and ride down into the capital from transportation enhancement funds that high-fives a sitting mayor. city,” Ridgeland Mayor Gene McGee said. Congress sets aside for infrastructure improveDick Hall, central district transportation Jackson Mayor Harvey Johnson Jr. noted ments that Hall stresses “are not buildings, commissioner, and Gary Rhoads, Flowood’s that the city has been talking for a long time roads or bridges.” mayor, were in a celebratory mood this week about a building such a system to connect the The enhancement funding takes care of because $1.1 million in federal 80 percent of the total fundfunds were finally secured for ing; the local public agencies the Museum to Market Bike to which the money is allotted Trail project. must make up the remaining The result of an effort 20 percent. between bicyclists, the city of Dr. Clay Hays, the forJackson and the Greater Jackmer chairman of the Greater son Chamber Partnership, the Jackson Chamber Partnertrail will run from the Missisship, said that the project came sippi Agriculture and Forestry about partly as a way to address Museum on Lakeland Drive, the state’s obesity problem. alongside Riverside Drive in “There are not many front of the Mississippi Chilplaces that are safe to go walkdren’s Museum to the Farmers ing,” Hayes said. The trail, Market and Mississippi State which can also be used as a Fairgrounds on High Street. walking trail, is a good step toTransportation Commissioner Dick Hall (right) presents Mayor Harvey The trail is a former rail- Johnson Jr. with $1.1 million to guild a multi-use trail through the city. ward promoting active lifestyles, road line. Hayes said, and others agreed. “I wish we had done this In preparation for con20 or 30 years ago when I was young enough existing bike paths in the metropolitan area. struction, local volunteers have held several to really enjoy these facilities that are going to He said that the project will help promote rec- clean-up days. Another one is scheduled for be built,” Hall said at the check presentation reation and create jobs. this Saturday, Nov. 5, from 8 a.m. to noon. ceremony at the chamber’s downtown offices “We look to start churning dirt, then Participants can meet at the corner of on Tuesday. putting people to work, then bicycling,” John- Greymont and Moody streets, and are asked Eventually, the Jackson metro’s museum- son said Tuesday. to bring tools and gloves. Call 601-212-6162 to-market trail will link Jackson to Flowood Presented to Mayor Johnson by Com- for more information. and Ridgeland. missioner Hall in the form of an over-sized Comment at www.jfp.ms.

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Nov. 8 is Election Day in Mississippi. Don’t be a loser by not even showing up to vote. But if you must, here are a baker’s dozen of lame excuses to be lame. • • • • • • • • •

“If I could be a woman to answer your question better, I would, but God made me a male, so there you go.” —Yes on 26 Campaign Director Brad Prewitt in regard to why his organization is predominately staffed by men.

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I thought it was Saturday. I don’t know where my polling place is. I lost my ID. Lame Excuse No. 11: It’s I don’t have a ride. Because Delbert Hosemann told me not to. My candidate’s going to lose anyway. I gave voting up for Lent. I have to work. Because I have to hold my nose to choose. My vote doesn’t count anyway. It’s raining. It’s JFP press day. Because I’m a lazy bum and a useless piece of poo.

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Monday, Oct. 31 The U.S. Supreme Court rejects an NAACP appeal over the state of Mississippi’s failed redistricting plan. … Republican presidential candidate Herman Cain denies accusations that he sexually harassed two female employees in the 1990s. ... The kiddies trick-or-treated.

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Wednesday, Oct. 26 The Jackson Redevelopment Authority considers establishing a special tax district to helping finance a $27 million parking garage and adjoining commercial space in the Old Capitol Green development. … Rosemary Barbour, wife of Gov. Haley Barbour’s nephew, appeals a federal court ruling finding her guilty of maintaining fraudulent contracts after Hurricane Katrina.

The U.S. Supreme Court decided Roe v. Wade on Jan. 22, 1973. The Court ruled that a woman could choose abortion in the early months of pregnancy until viability, which was defined as the point at which a fetus can potentially live outside the womb.

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lower return than average. Cochran says absentee voting usually shows a trend in voter turnout at the polls. Heavy turnout in absentee voting generally predicts heavy turnout on Election Day. “It’s indicative of what kind of turnout you get,” she said. “It has not been a really heavy year as far as absentee voting is concerned.” Hinds County has more than 123,000 registered voters. Madison County Circuit Clerk Lee Westbrook said her office has received 675 requests for absentee ballots so far, and 528 have been returned. That’s Secretary of State Delbert Hosemann’s office left a lower number than four years the cost of the three voter initiatives off the first ago, and about the same number absentee ballots produced. as for the primary in August. Like Cochran, Westbrook espite a mistake in preparing ab- said absentee voting is usually a good indisentee ballots, state officials say cator of how many people will turn out to people’s votes will be counted, vote next week. but could present legal chal“With so many important races on the lenges later. An error in preparing them ballot, I cannot imagine why more voters initially left information about the cost of are not coming in to vote absentee unless the three initiatives off absentee ballots. everybody is going to be in town on that After the error was discovered, some day,” she said. counties had to reprint their ballots. This year, voters will decide on three Secretary of State Delbert Hosemann’s ballot initiatives—whether “personhood” office prepared the absentee ballots in legally begins at the moment of fertilizaSeptember and sent them to the counties tion, whether the state can take land by to be printed without the fiscal analysis. eminent domain and transfer it to private The attorney general’s office discov- owners, and whether voters should have to ered the mistake, and Hosemann’s office present photo identification at the polls. sent the counties the fiscal analysis to inAlthough the budget office did not clude with future ballots. find any costs associated with the personThe state constitution mandates that hood or eminent-domain initiatives, voter a fiscal analysis from the Legislative Budget identification will cost taxpayers, because Office for each initiative must appear on the state would have to provide free photo the ballot. ID cards of some kind to voters who do not Some absentee ballots had already been already have them. sent out without the information when the The Legislature will have to work out mistake was discovered, however. the specifics of voter identification if the Both the secretary of state’s office and initiative passes. the attorney general’s office say those balSen. Joey Fillingane, R-Sumrall, prolots are valid and will be counted, although posed the initiative, and he estimated that a spokeswoman for the attorney general it would cost $100,000 to provide free said the error could possibly open the door voter-identification cards to people who do for a legal challenge after the election. not have a photo ID already. Hinds County Election CommisThe Legislative Budget Office used sioner Connie Cochran said officials have a different method to estimate the cost of now reprinted the absentee ballots with the the initiative, however, and put the voter fiscal impact information on them. The ID price tag at almost $1.5 million. While secretary of state’s office is paying to reprint Fillingane assumed the Legislature would the absentee ballots, but Pamela Weaver, vote in favor of a new ID that could only communications director for the secretary be used for voting and few people would of state, said she did not know how much need one, the budget office assumed the that would cost or how many counties have state would provide the ID cards that are reprinted their absentee ballots. already available through the Department Despite the hullabaloo about getting of Public Safety. If that is the case, people the information right on the absentee bal- could use those ID cards for things other lots, voter turnout may be a bigger problem. than voting, such as cashing a check, but As of Tuesday afternoon, Hinds County the Department of Public Safety would Commissioner Jermal Clark said voters in lose revenue by providing them for free. the county had returned 819 ballots—a Comment at www.jfp.ms.

Experience Counts As your Transportation Commissioner Dick Hall is committed to: • Protecting Mississippi construction jobs. • Making sure citizens and local leaders have input into MDOT projects in their community. • Developing and maintaining an integrated transportation system that promotes economic development and helps create jobs. • Building the safest roads and bridges possible doing it on time, and on budget.

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What’s it like coming into a race a little late in the game? Well, it’s been really invigorating. I’ve done a lot of research on the board of supervisors and the minutes, and the more I find out about the actions (of) the majority of the board, the more concerned I become and the more committed I become to get onto the board of supervisors, where I feel I can make a positive change. Why did you want to be the replacement candidate? I had heard that Roger was going to withdraw. I had been retired for three years. I saw it as an opportunity to serve in a way I was not going to be able to if I was running a business. I felt like I could make a difference by bringing my 33 years of business experience. Which of the board’s actions concerned you? The no-bid contracts that the board

has chosen by majority vote to continue even as recently as two weeks ago, that in my opinion should be bid on and aren’t. Even when several members of the board ask for them to be bid, the majority overrides them, and they continue to do business and not bid out the work.

problems he has. It doesn’t reflect well on the board of supervisors or Hinds County. I can’t speak for Robert (Graham) or the district attorney or state auditor, but to have these accusations are very worrisome.

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f Hinds County Supervisor candidate John Dennery had to choose an animal he identifies with the most, he says he would pick a guard dog. The Republican candidate for the District 1 seat isn’t happy about how the board has spent taxpayer money over the past few years and pledges that he will eliminate wasteful spending if elected. The 58-year-old Jackson native owned and operated Dennery’s Restaurant for 33 years before closing it in 2008 and retiring. On Sept. 13, weeks after the Republican primary, Dennery announced his candidacy when Roger Davis dropped out of the race. Dennery currently lives in northeast Jackson with his wife, Laura. He called the Jackson Free Press from Tate Reeves’ former campaign office on Lakeland Drive in Jackson. Reeves, who won the Republican primary for lieutenant governor against Billy Hewes and is running unopposed in the general election, is donating office space to Dennery, who is a family friend.

John Dennery is running as the Republican candidate for Hinds County Board of Supervisors in District 1 against incumbent Robert Graham.

Is it against the law to not require bids for contracts? You would have to ask the attorney general. I don’t know if it’s against the law or not, but I don’t think it’s right. Someone has to stand up for taxpayers and spend our money more responsibly. Your opponent received a demand from the state auditor for time-clock infractions he received for working simultaneously as an instructor for the Jackson Police Department and the city of Jackson. What are your thoughts on that? I’m disappointed to hear about the

The board of supervisors has been criticized for its handling of the county’s budget and having to furlough employees. What would do you differently? I think that by using our taxpayer dollars more effectively and efficiently, that would allow us to balance our budget and not balance it on the backs of our county employees. … On one hand, you authorize a company to do work and not have a competitive bid and not know how much money you might have saved, and then you turn around and ask county employees to take days off. I think that’s just wrong. How would you like to prioritize economic-development projects in Hinds County? Our city and county need to have the same type of focused effort on development like some of our neighboring counties have created. I hope to work with the majority of the board of supervisors to develop and continue to develop the plans they have set out with. I know there is a lot of interest in developing a corridor in Byram. I know there is a lot of interest in redeveloping the Highway 80 corridor. One of the things I want to try to focus on is eliminating waste in our county budget and creating a source of surplus funds we can use to help encourage economic development. At the same time we need to look down the road (to) how we can work more effectively to lower the tax burden of citizens. We in Hinds County are being taxed at a millage rate that is 20 percent higher than Rankin or Madison County. To a businessperson, having a 20 percent disadvantage makes it a very compelling reason to take business outside the county. Comment at www.jfp.ms.

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her guilty of manslaughter. During her trial, Simpson would not let Edna Mae testify that on the night on July 2006, she heard noises in her daughter’s bedroom. When she investigated, she said, she found Sherman raping her daughter. Simpson said in a JFP interview in September that there was no evidence to support the rape and that neither Kayla nor Edna Mae reported it to authorities prior to the trial. According to Edna Mae, when she entered her daughter’s bedroom, Sherman struck her and then proceeded to drag her across the floor. He continued the beating in the family’s living room. “I was being tossed around like a rag doll, and I Attorney General candidate Steve Simpson sent Edna Sanders to prison for life after a jury convicted her of was thrown into a wall in the Mae manslaughter in the death of her husband. The Mississippi living room,” she said to the Court of Appeals has overturned the conviction. court during her trial. Simpson also prevented Edna Mae from telling the jury what her husband was saying while he was going to the back and get a gun, why he was beating her, calling it hearsay. Edna didn’t she just get her daughter and go out Mae’s attorney, Brian Alexander, says that the front door? ... The problem was that it Sherman was telling Edna Mae that he was was inconsistent with the evidence.” going to kill her. Sherman Sanders was a In March, the Mississippi Court of hunter and kept his gun under the mattress, Appeals overturned Sanders’ conviction, Alexander told the Jackson Free Press Oct. saying Simpson’s court should have told 27. “I thought he was going back there to the jury that the law did not require Edna get a gun and shoot me,” Edna Mae told Mae to retreat from her home when she felt the jury. threatened, and for excluding evidence in That’s when Edna Mae says she support of her claim of self-defense. remembered a pot of cooking oil heating The case is now with the Mississippi on the stove. She had started to make a Supreme Court, which has until February late-night snack. She grabbed to decide whether to grant Sanders a retrial the pot, went back into the or uphold the original conviction. bedroom and dropped the “The jury did not get to understand pot of oil on him. She then the full context of what was going on, and said she ran out of the house, that is highly prejudicial to the defendant,” got her children and drove Alexander said. to Louisiana. Simpson has defended his role in the Simpson said during case, stating that the police never found a a September interview that gun in the Sanders’ home. Alexander argues when Sherman went back to that because Sherman Sanders was coherent the bedroom, Edna Mae could when paramedics showed up at 2 a.m., there have used that as an opportu- is a good chance he hid his weapon. But even nity to flee the home through if there wasn’t a gun, it should not matter if the front door. But Simpson his client was acting in self-defense. Republican candidate for attorney general did not allow the jury to reCenter for Violence Prevention ExSteve Simpson was the judge in Edna Mae ceive instructions that under ecutive Director Sandy Middleton said that Sanders’ murder trial in 2008. the Castle Doctrine, Edna Mae while she could not comment specifically was not required to retreat if on the Sanders’ case, it is not uncommon Republican candidate for attorney gen- she was defending herself in the home she for domestic violence victims to react with eral Steve Simpson, whom Gov. Haley Bar- lived in. violence when they feel threatened. bour appointed to serve as Department of “You have to remember that they are in “Victims can be pushed so far back in Public Safety commissioner a month later, a house, where even by her own admission, the corner that they react violently in represided over the case. Simpson sentenced he was in the back bedroom,” Simpson said turn,” she said. “They become conditioned Edna Mae Sanders to life in prison without during a JFP interview. “All she had to do to violence because it is their way of life.” the possibility of parole after a jury found was walk out the front door. If she believed Comment at www.jfp.ms.

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dna Mae Sanders first met former Navy Seal Sherman Sanders at a Baton Rouge party in March 2005. She gave him her phone number, and it wasn’t long before he began surprising her with gifts and driving from New Orleans to see her on weekends. By July 2005, the couple married and settled in Baton Rouge, where Sanders commuted to his job at the Stennis Space Center. Sanders and her two children, Caleb, then 6, and Kayla, then 13, moved to Pensacola, Fla., a few months after Hurricane Katrina hit in August. The stress of the storm changed her husband, Edna Mae Sanders said during testimony at the April 2008 trial in which she was accused of killing him by dropping hot oil on him. Sanders maintained that she was acting in self-defense, claiming her husband was about to kill her. Sherman Sanders’ grandmother had gone missing during hurricane Katrina and a few months later, his mother died from cancer. Although he had never shown any previous signs of violence, he began to lose his temper and would often hit Caleb, who was autistic, Edna Mae said. “He would be like (Dr.) Jekyll and (Mr.) Hyde,” Sanders told the court. According to her court testimony, during a trip home from Walmart, Caleb began to cry, and Sherman suddenly swung the car to the side of the road and opened Edna Mae’s door, pushing her out of the car. “Get back there and do something with that g*ddamn boy with that damn hollering in my ear,” Sherman yelled. The family soon moved again to Waveland, eventually ending up in Diamondhead. By that point, Sherman wouldn’t let Edna Mae buy her own clothes or get a job.

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by Elizabeth Waibel

Students Make Gains in Math

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Rachel Canter, executive director of Mississippi First, said other than the improvement in 8th-grade math scores, the NAEP results are pretty much on par with how Mississippi has performed on the tests in the past few years. “We haven’t seen really any moveFILE PHOTO

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ational test scores in math and reading consistently put Mississippi below the national average, but this year’s results show students made gains in one of the areas where they typically fall farthest behind: 8thgrade math scores. Students this year scored four points higher than in 2009 and 15 points higher than in 2000. In 2009, Mississippi students were 17 points below the national average; this year they closed the gap to 14 points. The national average 8th-grade math score went up one point from 2009 and 11 points since 2000. The U.S. Department of Education released the National Assessment of Educational Progress results—sometimes referred to as the “Nation’s Report Card”— today, showing students made slight gains in most areas nationwide. The National Center for Education Statistics administers math and reading tests to a sample of about 380,000 4th and 8th graders in each subject area to test their proficiency level in those subjects. The tests grade public-school students on a scale of 0 to 500 for each grade and subject area. On a national level, students at all income levels posted the highest scores to date in both math and reading. Nationally, 4th graders scored an average of 220 in reading and 240 in math. Eighth graders scored 264 in reading and 283 in math. Mississippi scored about 10 points behind the national average in most areas, which some have estimated puts the state’s students, on average, about a grade level below their peers. The state ranks below most other states, although Mississippi students scored higher than students in the District of Columbia, which posted the lowest scores in each grade and subject level. In reading and 4th-grade math, the difference between 2009 and 2011 scores was not statistically significant, which means the difference is within the margin of error and could be due to differences in the test from one year to the next or other variables. Blake Wilson, president of the Mississippi Economic Council, told the Jackson Free Press last month that education plays a large part in determining whether children will succeed in the rest of school and enter the work force able to compete. “It just comes up consistently when you talk to business leaders—that 4th-grade testing scores are so critical,” he said. The council, along with Momentum Mississippi, recently released recommendations advising the state to improve its education system to pave the way for future economic growth.

National test scores show that Mississippi still lags behind the national average in math and reading, but is making gains in 8th-grade math scores—the area where it traditionally falls the farthest behind.

ment at all with our NAEP scores, which is pretty worrisome considering that we’re pretty far behind,” she said. The common core curriculum standards, which the state is beginning to phase in this year, should help Mississippi’s test scores to improve as its curriculum gets on par with the rest of the country, Canter said. She added a note of caution, saying “we need both significant and sizable movement on NAEP.” “[A] a change could seem large but not actually be ‘real’ in a statistical sense,” Canter said. “Conversely, a change might be significant statistically but still not be very large.” She added, “We need something to compare it to in order to know how large that change is. The new standards are part of an initiative underway in most states in the country to get students in states that perform lower academically, such as Mississippi, on the same level as states that consistently score high. Mississippi has improved in some areas over time, however. This year, Mississippi’s 4th-grade reading scores are up six points from 1998, despite a two-point decrease from 2009. The state’s students posted three-point gains in 8th-grade reading and 4th-grade math scores, but two and three-point changes are not considered statistically significant. Comment at www.jfp.ms.

The ACLU of Mississippi Is Working to Give Citizens the Right to Vote

OPP0SE VOTER ID!

Initiative 27 on the Mississippi ballot will disenfranchise many Mississippi voters by requiring government-issued identification to be shown each time we vote.

VOTER ID LAWS ARE A NATIONWIDE ATTEMPT TO LIMIT OUR VOTE: • 25% of African Americans lack government-issued identification.

You do not have to show photo identification to vote unless it is your first time voting and you registered by mail. Persons with disabilities may ask for assistance to vote. Some felony convictions do not impede your right to vote. Be cautious of rumors overheard while standing in line, as they may be designed to intimidate you. Locate your polling location and the hours before you go to vote. Review the sample ballot before you cast your vote. If you experience problems exercising your right to vote, call 1-888-354-ACLU immediately.

In Mississippi, the ACLU has been on the forefront of protecting the right to vote, especially for the poor and people of color whose right to vote historically has been the most vulnerable to suppression. www.aclu-ms.org | 601-354-3408

• 18% of all Americans aged 18 to 24 lack identification with a current address. • 15% of Americans who earn under $35,000 per year lack government-issued ID. • Older citizens who don’t drive or are in nursing homes not only lack driver’s licenses, but they lack the ability to get to the polls. • Some 21 million citizens could be shut out from voting if these laws pass nationally.

DON’T LET THIS HAPPEN IN MISSISSIPPI! PROTECT OUR RIGHT TO VOTE!

VOTE “NO” on 27! For more information, contact: MIRA Mississippi Immigrants Rights Alliance P.O. Box 1104, Jackson, Mississippi 39215 601-968-5182 – www.yourmira.org

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here’s only one place to get awardwinning gumbo outside of New Orleans. Take a trip to historic Fondren and visit a legend over 20 years in the making. Que Sera Sera was established on July 14, 1989, by Boo Noble. This Jackson landmark got its name during the construction process, where the owner was reminded by several patrons that the building had previously housed six restaurants and the chances for success were slim. Hence the name, Que Será Será Que Sera Sera, “whatever will be, will be.” As any Jacksonian will tell you, Noble hit the mark. From the time you enter, you are greeted with warm, Southern hospitality and prompt and friendly customer service. With an inviting terrace complete with a fire pit, anytime is a good time to sit outside and enjoy great live music and watch Fondren life go by. The staff at Que Sera Sera love to prepare fabulous food and offer it at a great value for their customers. All of the dressings, sauces, soups, and gumbo are made in-house from scratch. The food isn’t just fresh and tasty, but award-winning as well. Que Sera Sera has won 21 of the last 26 cooking competitions they have entered. If you live for the weekend, start it off right at Que Sera Sera with their authentic New Orleans style brunch every Saturday and Sunday. Choose from Eggs Benedict, Seafood, Creole or Crawfish Omelets, and more, all served with genuine Braubant potatoes and muffin. Need to get happy? Endless happy hours, great lunches, dinners, and amazing daily specials make Que Sera Sera a sure bet. Looking for your favorite Cajun dish? Red Beans and Rice, Crawfish or Shrimp Etouffee, and a variety of authentic Po Boys will surely please even the most particular Cajun aficionado. Maybe Cajun isn’t your thing? Give “The Works” burger, grilled chicken, or any of the freshly grilled fish or steaks a try. If you’re looking for something a little on the lighter side, one of three fresh salad options is a great place to start. Grilled redfish or salmon, the Bayou Ribeye or the Honey Glazed Pork Chop, along with daily chalkboard specials, make Que Sera Sera an easy choice for what’s for dinner. Que Sera Sera offers real Cajun specialties, fresh fish, pastas, award-winning gumbo, and so much more. Great food, Southern hospitality, and live entertainment create the perfect urban oasis for city folks looking to take a break from daily life, and experience a little bit of The Crescent City in The City with Soul.

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A strong, healthy democracy must include the voices of all its citizens. In a democracy, voting is a right, now a privilege. Yet, in our democracy, more than 5 million Americans are unable to participate in this most basic, fundamental right of citizenship. Know your rights before you go to the polls on Nov. 8!

• A large proportion of U.S. citizens of Latino origin also lack government ID.

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ext Tuesday is Election Day in Mississippi. If voting trends hold true, fewer than 40 percent of those eligible to vote will actually cast ballots. It also means that progressives probably won’t see many victories over conservative candidates. Disengagement from politics is easy when no one candidate takes a progressive stance on all issues. In Mississippi, it pays to be conservative or moderately conservative. Democratic Attorney General Jim Hood is gung-ho on the death penalty, for example, and every Democrat on the ballot wants you to believe he or she supports the Personhood Initiative. If nothing else, it’s politically expedient to take such stances here. And, yet, sitting on the sidelines—and sitting out the vote—is exactly the wrong tactic to initiate a change in the system. No one has ever said challenging the status quo is easy, but if there is one thing we can count on, it is that everything can and does eventually change. How it changes is up to us. If progressive voters in Mississippi become cozy in their defeatist mantles and don’t vote, nothing will ever change politically. Because here’s the thing: Not voting is voting. Every vote not cast—out of frustration or disgust or a belief that it doesn’t matter anyway—is actually a vote for the opposition. Not voting is casting your lot for the way things already are and have always been. Democracy simply does not work without citizen participation. Lack of engagement in our political system has resulted in a Congress with the lowest approval rating in the history of congressional approval ratings: A mere 9 percent of those polled last month approve of the job Congress is doing. Almost no one in America is happy with what our politicians are up to in Washington, yet we’re the ones who put them there. In spite of what might look like impossible odds, this is exactly not the time to give up. Now is the time to seize the initiative and make things happen. First, go and vote on Tuesday. Regardless of whether you need to hold your nose to do it, participate in your democracy and make your voice heard. Second, get engaged in the process. Start by talking about issues with friends and family. While it may not be polite to discuss politics, would you rather be polite or affect change? If you’re up for a bigger role, participate in organizing for the next election, whether that’s knocking on doors or fielding new candidates. Third, tell your party what you want and expect from it. Especially if you’re young or have good, innovative ideas to share, your energy and enthusiasm can bring new vigor to a party mired in pessimism and the status quo. It’s up to all of us to do something to move politics forward. If not now, progressives, when?

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rother Hustle: “While watching the news reports about the ‘Occupy’ movement in the cities of Oakland, Calif., Austin, Texas, and Atlanta, Ga., Aunt Tee-Tee and I recalled the late Sam Cooke’s song ‘Change Is Gonna Come.’” Then I go to my brother And I say brother help me please But he winds up knocking me Back down on my knees. “A lot of people have experienced a rude awakening this year. The nightmare of unemployment, home foreclosure, student loan debt, financial ruin and lack of necessary job skills has become an unwelcome reality to millions of people. Forty-seven years ago, a U.S. president declared a war on poverty. Today, 99 percent of the poor and middle class confront the wealthy one percent. If you’ve experience a rude awakening, Aunt Tee Tee and I want to help you through your economic and vocational perils. As associate dean of the Aunt Tee Tee Technical Institute, I invite the newly unemployed unskilled and skilled individuals to learn together at the Each One Teach One Vocational Institute. Now is the time to change the future of career and vocational education by letting the skilled train the unskilled. Your attendance at the vocational institute is a great way to acquire needed skills in computers and technology. The cost is absolutely free—as long as you pass on your acquired knowledge to another student. The Each One Teach One Vocational Institute is part of the Hair Did 12 University School of Cosmetology Continuing Education Program.

MY TURN

by Funmi F. Franklin, aka Queen

It’s About Women’s Rights

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find it laughable that the state of Mississippi is even considering asking us to vote yes on Initiative 26. Really? We are being asked to make a law to give up our constitutional right to choice. Really. It’s obvious to me that the intent is to monitor and control abortion. But whether intended or not, the initiative only serves one true purpose and that is to strip women in this state of the right to choose what happens with our uteruses. How dare any person, specifically any man, tell us what we can and cannot do with our bodies? We live in a society where we are free to choose any religion we want, and we have an abundance of diverse beliefs here. So, how can it even be fathomable that one blanket statement can speak for all women? That, in and of itself, would take an unimaginable feat. When does a person actually become a person? Seriously, is this the question that we now face? Our vast differences will never allow us to come to one conclusion that answers this question for everyone; the mere fact that abortion is so controversial tells us that. But even if we could, what gives the government the right to make this decision for us? Every woman has the individual right to make that decision for herself. Each of us has different experiences that shape our thoughts on the matter, and we have the right to make decisions based on those experiences. Regardless of whether you agree with my decisions, it doesn’t mean that I don’t have the right to make them. Could it be that those who support this ridiculous notion have not found themselves in a situation where they had to make a choice? Are the consequences of taking choice away shielded behind the ever-popular Bible-belt rhetoric? Beyond that, I find it highly offensive that

humans who do not have female parts heavily support this initiative. Men are evaluating our rights—men who will never have to carry a baby, never have to recover mentally from having to make a decision such as this and who, even in their wildest imagination, will never know the agony a woman goes through when she finds herself in a situation where she has to consider ending a pregnancy for whatever reason. This isn’t about when a person becomes a person. This isn’t even about abortion. This is about women’s rights. This is about us having to fight to keep our voice. This is about our right to choose what happens with our own bodies. This is about standing up and saying: “No! No sir, you will not choose for me. No mister, you will not rob me of my right to decide. You will not pick and choose what happens to my body. This is my choice, not yours, not my husband’s, not my baby daddy’s. This choice is mine and only mine.” On Nov. 8, we must storm the polls and make our voices heard. Know this: We are headed for a voiceless future if we can’t be valued enough to make a decision now. If we let this slide, what happens to our future? If we don’t vote against this, we may be sending the message that we don’t value our right to vote, either. One day, we may be faced with loosing the right to work or advocate. Or we might have to vote on how many children we can have or what classes of women can bear children at all. Do you think this is outlandish? Then you get the point about how ridiculous this “personhood” initiative is in the first place. Save your voice. We have much to scream about, and this is just the beginning.

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was 22 the first time I learned the pain that bearing a child can bring. The pain wasn’t mine, but witnessing the trauma first hand, I was affected. The child was stillborn, but the mother was able to hold an impossibly small onepound baby before it was whisked away for an autopsy. Ultrasound images came to occupy my dreams—the bones of tiny feet and hands and faces that would never walk or throw a ball or smile. At 28, I learned I was pregnant for the first time. My husband and I had only recently decided to forgo birth control, so the quickness with which we became pregnant was a relief. A few weeks later, we anxiously awaited having a sonogram. My only other experience with this machine had left me scarred, and I clasped my husband’s hand, afraid to look anywhere other than his face. When the doctor happily pointed to a tiny heart, ferociously beating, my fears were allayed. Several weeks later, I was again in a sonogram room, this time in the emergency room. My eyes, already tear-filled, could not look away from the wobbly screen, hoping to see what wasn’t there. I went immediately to surgery to remove the pregnancy material that just hours before was my baby-to-be. Later, the doctor quietly explained, “Sometimes hearts just stop beating.� To my knowledge, no death certificate was issued. No autopsy was ordered, as there was no baby upon which to complete the task. No law enforcement agencies were notified. No funeral planned. I was 29 when I learned I was pregnant again. Given the recent miscarriage, my doctor suggested an early ultrasound. My husband and I again held hands, and when the doctor said, “I don’t think it took this time,� we clung tighter to one another. The second pregnancy resulted in a blighted ovum, which means my uterus absorbed the fertilized egg after implantation. The gestational sac was empty. Again, I was taken to surgery. Again: no autopsy, no death certificate, no police involvement, no funeral. I now have a healthy little girl. But the grief has not disappeared. The possibilities we lost will always haunt me. And therein lies the crux of my anger toward the Personhood Initiative: We lost the possibility of children; we did not lose children. While my grief is profound, it is not the grief of the woman who cradled her child and kissed breathless lips. She lost a child. A

fertilized egg that can be reabsorbed by the mother’s body is not a person. Before implantation, the cluster of cells is comprised of two layers: The outer layer will become the placenta, and the inner the embryo. The embryo’s heart does not begin to form until three weeks after conception, and it’s not until the fourth week that the heart begins to function with a regular beat. And as I know all too well, even as late as 11 weeks into a pregnancy, nothing salvageable exists. One windy night, my daughter woke up, afraid that the Big Bad Wolf was trying to blow our house down. We held her close, explaining that the Big Bad Wolf was only make-believe. Unconvinced, she grabbed my husband’s cheeks, stared into his eyes and said, “But if he comes, Mommy and Daddy will scare him away.� Amazed by her simplistic but infallible logic, we answered honestly. “Yes. Mommy and Daddy will always protect you.� The Big Bad Wolf may exist only in fairy tales, but a very real danger is looming large. As I promised her, I have to protect my daughter. Personhood Mississippi exists for the sole purpose—or so it claims—of protecting life and the rights of all living humans. That claim is false. What the writers of the initiative actually seek is to destroy rights and force women into the subservient role we occupied for far too long. Their claim defies the boundaries of logic: You cannot at once proclaim that all humans are entitled to rights while infringing on the rights of half the population. If the women who support this initiative elect to forfeit their ability to make decisions with their family, their doctors and their belief system, it is not my place to stop them. I, however, am not giving away my rights, or those of my daughter. And I will fight anyone who tries to take them from us. I implore other parents who lovingly tell their daughters that they can be and do anything they want to stand up and fight with me, because the Personhood Initiative will remove the promising future our daughters now enjoy. JFP Marketing and Events Coordinator Shannon Barbour sometimes answers to the name Events Girl. She enjoys the chaos of the JFP as it reminds her of home, which she shares with her husband and their amazing little girl.

We lost the possibility of children; we did not lose children.

CORRECTION: In “Farish: Must ‘Make a Profit’� (Vol. 10, Issue 7, Oct. 26, 2011) reporter Lacey McLaughlin incorrectly stated that tenants will pay $8 to $12 per square for rent each month. Tenants will pay $8 to $12 per square foot for rent per year. The Jackson Free Press apologizes for the error.

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The JFP 2011 Election Coverage Issue

Personhood: A Pandora’s Box The Complicated Truth About Initiative 26 by Valerie Wells

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Does Nothing for Children The Personhood Initiative is short: “Should the term ‘person’ be defined to include every human being from the moment of fertilization, cloning, or the equivalent thereof?” That is how voters will read it on the ballot. The secretary of state’s website explains that if passed, the initiative would amend the Mississippi Constitution.

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tlee Breland picked her three young children up from preschool and drove home to Brandon. A self-employed computer programmer, Breland is able to adjust her day around her children. Her husband, Greg Breland, came home later in the afternoon, and the family sat down and ate dinner together. After she bathed the kids and put them to bed, Breland read yet another comment online about the Mississippi Supreme Court’s decision to allow the Personhood Initiative on the November ballot. It angered her. As a mother because of in-vitro therapy, she was frustrated that people didn’t understand the initiative, which would legally redefine the word “person” to include fertilized eggs and could affect many families negatively. Breland was confused why somebody had yet to do something about it. “I’m going to stop it,” she told her husband. At 9 p.m. that Friday, just a little more than one month ago, she began the website parentsagainstms26.com. She started a political action committee and gave speeches, sometimes spending six hours a day in her car. She picks up and distributes yard signs, and she drives to Oxford and Biloxi to address rallies and brainstorm with other activists. “It turns out I know a whole lot of people,” Breland said. The mother calls herself an unlikely activist. An attractive, thin blond with a sweet voice and pleasant smile, Breland is not a poor or disadvantaged woman—in-vitro fertilization therapy is expensive. Protesting is not something she ever thought she would do. Part of her message is to erase the stigma people attach to infertility. “I was an infertility patient. It doesn’t go away; it doesn’t end,” Breland said. “Infertility is more common than breast cancer. Everyone wears pink ribbons for breast cancer. Infertility is not shameful. It’s a disease, and I got medical treatment. My husband had kidney cancer and got surgery.” She tells anyone who will listen that the Yes on 26 supporters are not telling the whole story. The 21 words in the ballot initiative leave too much room for judges and legislators to make choices about what happens in women’s wombs. Breland doesn’t trust them: “Mississippi can’t draw up voting districts without federal government oversight. How are we go14 ing to trust it to oversee medical treatment?”

Should the term ‘person’ be defined to include every human being from the moment of fertilization, cloning, or the equivalent thereof? “There are so many things we don’t know about this initiative,” Olga Osby told a packed amphitheater at Jackson State University at a town-hall meeting Oct. 12. The social-work professor looked up at students—most of them young women—and some visitors to the JSU campus. She went through a long list of things the initiative leaves unclear. • It makes no exceptions in cases of rape

or incest, or for the life of the mother. • It could potentially outlaw in-vitro fertilization and birth control. • It could create criminal investigations into miscarriages. • It could affect congressional districts for voting or other population equations. Osby spoke about the unintended consequences of the simple wording, a common theme of Initiative 26 opponents. “Mississippi is the only state with a personhood measure on the ballot this year,” Osby said. “Similar propositions are planned in Florida, Montana and Ohio. Colorado faced it twice; both times, it died.” Osby, who is black, showed the crowd a picture of billboard depicting a young, black girl. The billboard read, “The most dangerous place for an African American is the womb.” “The pro-life movement has started linking race to the issue of abortion,” Osby said. “I take it personally. We need to be careful. Race should not come into this. It’s dangerous living in Mississippi.” She gave the crowd some specific statistics why: Mississippi is 50th in infant mortality. In Mississippi, a child is abused or neglected every 60 minutes, a child dies before her first birthday every 19 hours, and a child dies from gunfire once a week. One in five Mississippi children lives in poverty. “Mississippi leads the nation in every negative health indication. We are 50th in quality of life for women,” Osby said. “We are all pro-life. Mississippi has a great deal to do to care for children.” Osby suggested that improving life for all Mississippi residents will lower the number of women who are forced to face difficult decisions about pregnancy. “26 does nothing to improve lives of children.” 20 Percent Survive Dr. Randall Hines, a fertilization specialist who practices in Flowood, treated Atlee Breland’s infertility. He also spoke at the JSU town-hall meeting. “In America and in most democratic countries, we train people in health care,” he said. “Those people invest time, money and energy in their training.” That’s exactly why people seek out trained health-care providers, he said, so that all the best options are on the table. Hines said Initiative 26 would interfere. “We will bring the government into the clinic and into the bedroom. When was the

last time anybody here went to the Capitol for medical advice?” he asked the crowd. State legislators and attorneys would interpret what the proposed amendment means, not trained doctors. Hines gave the example of a fertilized egg that, instead of implanting itself in the wall of womb, gets stuck in the fallopian tube. That type of ectopic pregnancy would be called a “person” if this measure passes, even though that “person” would never be born. “It cannot and will not result in the life of a child,” Hines said. “It can rupture and kill the woman.” He described a scenario of 30 days after the election, sometime in mid-December, where a woman suffering an ectopic pregnancy comes to an emergency room in pain. If Mississippi voters vote for Personhood, ER doctors might not be able to help her—legally. “When I go to an operating room and operate to save that woman, I’m committing homicide,” Hines said. “Approximately 20 percent of fertilized eggs result in children,” Hines added. “Most fertilized eggs do not become children. All fertilized eggs are not equal.” The proposed amendment would damage the sanctity of the doctor-patient relationship. “It’s a radical departure to the way we have become accustomed to practicing medicine,” Hines said. “We want to make decisions based on science, based on experience, based on published studies.” Hines said the amendment would affect the legality and accessibility of birth control. He said it’s quite possible that Plan B, a morning-after emergency contraceptive, would be declared illegal. It’s also highly likely that intrauterine devices, from the old copper ones still placed inside some women to the newer, popular Mirena devices, would be illegal because they all prevent a fertilized egg from implanting in the wall of the uterus. Even some birth-control pills might be considered a threat to a fertilized egg. “So many medicines have so many mechanisms. It’s really complicated,” Hines said. “I’m worried about all of it. Birth control can affect implantation. It’s difficult science. I don’t think law is the place to sort that out.” Several health-profession organizations are opposed to Initiative 26, including the Mississippi State Medical Association, the American Congress of Obstetricians and Gynecologists and the American Society of Reproductive Medicine.

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Maybe, Baby Bear Atwood, a lawyer with ACLU Mississippi, says a personhood amendment would force doctors to practice law. “Could this happen? Could miscarriage be investigated as homicide?� Atwood asked the crowd at the JSU town hall meeting. “Maybe.� Atwood said that is the answer to almost every question the vague Initiative 26 brings to mind. Will it outlaw birth control? Will it put oppressive controls on women’s activities? Will it drive doctors away from Mississippi? Maybe. “(The word) person is 9,000 times in state law,� Atwood said. “Next year, our Legislature could have to address statutory provisions.� The trend is to charge women who have miscarriages with homicide, she said, citing a Florida example. Redefining the word “person� to include a fertilized egg would encourage prosecutors and politicians who already want to criminalize some miscarriages. “We are the fattest state,� Atwood said. “If a pregnant woman eats at McDonald’s, can she be accused of child abuse? How about the woman who stays in a violent relationship?� Maybe. “There is a drive to unfund Planned Parenthood and make birth control difficult to obtain,� she said. “Do we really want to ask young men and women to sneak across the border to get birth control?� Supporters of the Personhood Initiative are purposefully downplaying its language, Atwood said. “Don’t worry about it, the Legislature will work on it, they say. “I want the Legislature to work on jobs and the economy. I don’t want them interpreting a measure so broad and so vague, you can’t understand it,� Atwood said. “Chaos is never good for women.� Heaven and Hell The Rev. Mark Anthony Williamson, pastor of New Hope Missionary Baptist Church, spoke briefly at the JSU town hall meeting. He said he was pro-life and offered four points from a Christian perspective, points he said

most Christians would agree on. “One: God gives life. Two: It is God that removes life. Three: God forgives. Four: God allows choices.� He had to wait a few seconds until the cheers and amens quieted down. “This amendment has wording in it that doesn’t allow changes,� he said before sitting down again. He’s not the only spiritual leader against Initiative 26. Others include the Rev. Hope Morgan Ward, bishop of the Mississippi Conference of the United Methodist Church, and the Rev. Duncan M. Gray III, bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Mississippi. Michelle Colon doesn’t represent a church, but she is as blunt as a preacher at a revival. “I’m traveling the state every freaking weekend because people don’t know what this initiative is about,� she said. She wishes more people were upfront and loud about the intentions of the personhood supporters. “This law is designed to ban abortion. In their eyes, birth control is abortion,� she told the JSU town-hall meeting. “Don’t get it twisted.� Colon told the JSU crowd that the supporters of Initiative 26 refer to women as whores and murderers. “I damn sure don’t want other voters in Mississippi making that decision for me. I was so ticked off nothing was being done, I started my own group, Hell No! on 26 and 27,� she said. (Initiative 27 would require voter identification at polls.) Personal Economics Attendees at the JSU town-hall meeting wrote questions on index cards for the panel to answer. Most of the questions were practical economic concerns. Would a Personhood amendment mean that a father would have to start paying child support sooner? “Maybe,� Bear Atwood said. The farreaching implications could affect inheritance laws, also. Atwood said even donating sperm would have ramifications. Citizenship would also require redefining. The questions kept coming. Would you have to get a Social Security number for your

Citizen Carcinoma Dr. Paul Seago finds it absurd that if Initiative 26 passes this November, a carcinoma could have the same rights as his teenage daughter. Seago, who practices gynecologic oncology in Jackson, spoke at a news conference Oct. 7 at the Capitol. He and Hines, the infertility physician who treated Atlee Breland, represented the group Mississippi Doctors Against 26. They called Initiative 26 a law of unintended consequences. “Whether intended or not, we as doctors will have to deal with these consequences,� Seago said. “This initiative is bad for the practice of medicine, bad for women’s health and bad for Mississippi families.� Seago said that the measure could eliminate common birth-control options, including the pill and IUDs. Supporters of the measure have said otherwise, suggesting an emotional overreaction from their political opponents. The doctors said identifying the moment of fertilization is not so simple. “We have no test to know exactly when this happens,� Seago said. “We also know that more than 40 percent of the time, the fertilized egg will fail to develop past this early stage even in optimal circumstances.� If the initiative passes, women and families would face drastic consequences, the doctors said. Hines said in-vitro options for infertile couples could be illegal. “Mississippians face some of the worst health outcomes in the nation,� Hines said. “Health-care teams with best practices should decide what is best, not politicians and lawyers.� He again gave the example of a pregnancy occurring in the fallopian tubes, an ectopic pregnancy. Initiative 26, if passed, could protect these fertilized eggs outside the uterus that endanger the life of the mother. “Most people know somebody who has had an ectopic pregnancy,� Hines said. “(Personhood is) one of the most intrusive ways government can intrude in health care. You don’t want your doctor worried about the law.� Seago said he worries that if Initiative 26 passes in November, it might take effect 30 days later. He described a scenario of a woman with an ectopic pregnancy walking into an emergency room Dec. 15. “What happens that night?� If Personhood became law, malpractice premiums would rise for Mississippi doctors because doctors could face criminal charges for providing the best care for individual patients, Hines argued. Hines brought up other concerns, such as the legal trouble a pregnant mother drinking coffee might face.

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Seago said his 15-year-old daughter was shocked when another doctor explained to her the ballot initiative had no exclusion for rape or incest. “You should have seen her eyes,� he said. A Civil Affair The 200 or so people who came Oct. 25 to hear an expert panel discuss Initiative 26 at Mississippi College played by the rules. It was clear from the beginning that college officials weren’t going to tolerate a shouting match or a tossing of insults. The audience wasn’t going to get to ask questions, either. Some who came to listen wore large red-andwhite “Yes on 26� stickers. Some brought kids. No one yelled or made a scene. A few stifled coughs and whispers erupted at some points in the complicated symposium. For the most part, it was a civil affair. Jonathan Will, an assistant professor and head

of MC’s Bioethics and Health Law Center, moderated the symposium, “Exploring the Implications of Mississippi’s Personhood Initiative.� At the start, he stressed the discussion would be objective and informative although about emotional issues. To set the tone of the discussion, an embryologist explained the basic physiology of fertilization. Dr. Michael Tucker, who is an in-vitro fertilization pioneer and top expert, showed pictures of an incubator, a cell freezer and cryo tanks. He said 450 infertility clinics operate now in the United States. “Our business is to bring two gametes together,� he said. Of the 100 to 200 million sperm released, only 1 to 100 wind up in the fallopian tube. In-vitro fertilization doctors select the best quality sperm for the oocyte, or egg cell. He showed a short video clip of a glass micro needle poking an egg to place a single sperm in its cytoplasm. He called this the beginning of the initialization affect. The first day, the zygote forms. The second day, it becomes a four-cell entity. On the third day, it grows to eight cells and is only about 120 microns wide. That’s one-tenth of a millimeter, just less than the width of a strand of hair. Day four and five, the eight-cell entity becomes a morula. Then, sometime between the fifth and seventh day, the morula becomes the blastocyst. “We treat these microscopic entities with respect,� Tucker said. “For the first three days, the egg is running on its own maternal quest.� He said the sperm doesn’t do much except be there during these early stages. “The fertilization event is extremely extensive. It’s not a simple discrete moment in time,� he said. It takes 38 hours for the four-cell entity to emerge. It’s 50 hours of development before the sperm has any involvement. At 70 hours of development, the entity blossoms into segments like a soccer ball. On the fifth, sixth and seventh days, the inner cell mass starts to form. “Everything before this is pre-em-

bryo,� Tucker said. “It’s difficult to conceive of that entity as an individual.� Blastocysts select themselves out, meaning that most of them will not develop any further: 65 percent of fertilized eggs in nature don’t make babies, and 50 percent of pre-embryos are chromosomally abnormal, Tucker said. “The biology of reproduction can be messy and ineffective.� Keep it Simple Stephen Crampton, vice president of legal affairs and general counsel for Liberty Counsel, a national nonprofit policy group that opposes abortion rights, told a joke before making his case at the Oct. 25 Mississippi College symposium. “There’s a reason we call it practicing law. We never quite get it right,� Crampton said. Crampton said the use of terms is significant. “Definitions set the stage and set the tone,� he said. Others had coined the term “pre-embryo� to reduce the status of an unborn child, he gave as one example. He had another one. “‘Reproductive Rights’ is a loaded euphemism.� But to him, “personhood� is simple. “Personhood is nothing more than to return to a principle foundation stone,� he said. “There is a moment male and female chromosomes come together.� Crampton said personhood is a first-principle idea that does not address reproductive rights or would change any other laws. “It would not automatically outlaw abortion,� he said. Glenn Cohen, assistant professor of law at Harvard Law School, jumped in via Skype on a large screen near the panel of experts. “I’m going to call a spade a spade here,� Cohen interjected. “You really think it will have nothing to do with abortion?� Will then took the opportunity to ask another expert on the panel what might be the legal implica-

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At Least Six “Whether you are for or against it, this is a bad amendment. It is ambiguous,” Cohen said via Skype. “Fertilization could mean six things. You are asking the courts to decide. You want to be clear what you are doing.” Kiessling argued that the proposed amendment is framework only. Borgmann

and Cohen countered that the language is too ambiguous even for that. Fertilization, as Tucker explained it, is a week-long process that doesn’t happen in a single moment as an egg grows from zygote to blastocyst. “Which of the six things is it?” Cohen asked. “These are scientific definitions.” Kiessling said even the process itself had a beginning. “It happens at the moment of penetration,” she said. “You are opening up a Pandora’s box,” Tucker told her. “We have no control over what courts do,” Crampton said. He repeated the idea that a personhood amendment is laying a foundation stone. He added a bit of religion. “To deny life is there is calling upon us the wrath of God,” he said. Will, an effective moderator, turned the panel to the observation that if passed, the personhood amendment would not be selfexecuting—it does not mandate any action. “A principle is non-self-executing,” he said. Mississippi has an existing statutory framework. The state Supreme Court could read the new amendment as applying to the entire code. If that happened, Will said it could possibly lead to the state closing IVF clinics. “Not all Mississippi law has to show intent,” Will said. “That is fear mongering,” Kiessling responded. Some in the audience mumbled. Be Prepared Borgmann returned to the logic and the semantics of the initiative’s wording. If you

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tions if the initiative passed. Rebecca Kiessling, a family-law attorney based in Rochester, Mich., who identifies herself as conceived in rape, offered possible scenarios. “The attorney general could announce he will begin enforcing homicide statutes. Then there would be a lawsuit in federal court, then an injunction,” Kiessling said. “Or local prosecutors would announce they plan to enforce homicide laws. There would be a lawsuit, then an injunction.” Kiessling suggested all parties would have to wait out the courts as the Personhood Initiative went through the legal system. Caitlin Borgmann, a professor at City University of New York School of Law, challenged Kiessling and Crampton on their defense of Personhood. “I agree words are important,” she said. “If you support this … wouldn’t you have to oppose all abortions?” She talked about the many kinds of birth control and in-vitro fertilization methods that, if Crampton and Kiessling took wording seriously, should also be outlawed. “Can you imprison a pregnant woman? Can you imprison the child she is carrying?” she asked in a calm professorial tone.

think fertilized eggs are persons, and if you “With legislative hearings, people would have also don’t want a woman to abuse a child, she input in the process. This is framework, not posed that you would also want to prevent a legislation.” She then compared the Personpregnant woman from drinking and should hood Initiative to the 14th Amendment in the promote the prosecution of pregnant women U.S. Bill of Rights, which granted citizenship who act irresponsibly. Borgmann said you and the rights of citizens to newly freed slaves. would also believe fertilization clinics should “If your view really is the Legislature is be closed since they can discard embryos. the right place to do it, it’s ironic,” Cohen said. “Discarding is wrong,” Kiessling inter- “I don’t understand why you are arguing. … jected. Renee Whitley, who had been silent, Why not do all this through legislation?” spoke up at that point. Whitley is volunteer Crampton said it was because a Missisco-chairwoman of the national advocacy com- sippi citizen initiated a petition. mittee for RESOLVE: the National Infertility “If we are taking a position about human Association, a non-profit organization. She’s life, we ought to be consistent,” Will said. “Is also a mother because of IVF therapy. the legislation consistent?” “IVF patients, they are you and me, your “Why would you set yourself up?” neighbor, your daughter. It’s one in seven cou- Tucker said, looking at Kiessling. Under the ples,” Whitley said. “It’s been 30 years since proposed amendment, a one-cell zygote is a the first IVF cycle in Mississippi.” person, when it could become one or two or She reiterated what others had already three entities, the doctor said, explaining twins said: the proposed amendment is not self-ex- and triplets. “It shows a lack of appreciation ecuting and will need regulating legislation. for the continuum of growth,” he said. Crampton said a personhood amend“Splitting is a physical, mechanical act ment is not inherently inconsistent with legal that has nothing do with genetics. The idea IVF therapy, and implying so is fear monger- that genetics is destiny is horrific.” ing. Mississippi law already protects the un“If an embryo becomes two persons, who born child from intenwas it?” Cohen asked. tional injuries, he said, “Sue or Sally? Who citing statute 97-3-37 was the person?” He (Homicide; killing of said legal complicaan unborn child). tions would follow. “That statute “When you look wouldn’t apply any at the scientific side more,” Amelia Mcof reproduction, you Gowan of ACLU realize there is nothMississippi said. Being simple about cause the amendment it,” Whitley said. Randall Hines, left, and Dr. Paul Seago would view a fertil- Dr. “Is freezing allowed? oppose Initiative 26. ized egg with the same What about embryos rights of a person, the that develop (ablaw would no longer apply. Earlier, she point- normally) in a dish?” She wondered if police ed out that the word “person” shows up 9,000 would investigate doctors for manslaughter in times in Mississippi law. such cases. Doctors in the state could face liability in “Do you need passports for embryos?” numerous situations involving the presence of Tucker asked. Personhood is clearly a wedge a potential fertilized egg, she warned. issue, he said, that will tie up the Legislature “Do we want to interfere in doctor-pa- and cost a lot of resources. tient relationships?” McGowan asked. Tucker paused and looked at the audiKiessling didn’t think letting the Legis- ence, as if he were looking for someone to lature figure out an enforcement code for the make eye contact. amendment was a bad idea. “The legislative “Is this state prepared?” process is more in tune to people,” she said. Comment at www.jfp.ms.

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No Fetus Photos Prewitt, who once worked as an aide for Sen. Thad Cochran, doesn’t believe showing pictures of abortion procedures or fetuses with missing limbs is the Les Riley led efforts to collect more than 130,000 signatures way to convince voters that abortion is for the state to place initiative 26 on the Nov. 8 ballot. wrong. Instead he calls Yes on 26 a “lifeaffirming campaign.� es on 26 Campaign Director Brad Prewitt is “A lot of women have had abortions, an unassuming man. The 36-year-old with and we don’t want to be insensitive to those womboyish features looked a bit uncomfortable en. We don’t want to throw them into psychological wearing a suit and tie during the campaign’s depression. We want to show grace to people. The “Festival of Life� at New Horizon Church in Jack- grace that you have been shown, you have to show son Sept. 28. to others,� he said in September. Although he is a proponent of ending aborA woman who has had an abortion may have tions in Mississippi and beyond, Prewitt is tasked disagreed with Prewitt’s sensitivity at the “Festival with setting himself apart from his predecessor, Les of Life.� The event steered clear of discussing uninRiley, who led efforts to obtain more than 130,000 tended consequences the initiative may cause such signatures to put a measure on the Mississippi ballot as outlawing birth control or in-vitro fertilization. to redefine the word person in the state ConstituThe festival started with a screening of “Maafa tion. Riley, a trailer salesman from Pontotoc, found- 21: Black Genocide in 21st Century America,� a ed Personhood Mississippi, part of a larger national documentary comparing abortion to eugenics—a movement called Personhood U.S.A. He is contro- movement to “improve� the human race with versial as a former member of the neo-Confederate forced sterilization—as an attempt to eliminate the League of the South and as the current head of the black race. It showed photos of Germany’s Adolf state’s secessionist Constitution Party. He also pro- Hitler and his attempts to eliminate all races other moted a “Conceived in Rape Tour.� than the Aryan “master� race as well as photos of the Now Prewitt, of Tupelo, is trying to gain sup- Ku Klux Klan. Abortion, the documentary states, is port from black congregations to amend the state a tactic to wipe out the black population. Constitution to redefine “person� to include any Later that night, the festival held a 30-min“human being from the moment of fertilization, ute worship session before bringing on a series of cloning or the functional equivalent thereof.� speakers who called for support of the Personhood Most days, Prewitt, who is white, works at Initiative. They included 36-year-old Lorenzo Neal, his campaign office in Tupelo, where a poster of a pastor at New Bethlehem A.M.E. in Jackson; Mississippi blues legend Robert Johnson hangs civil-rights veteran John Perkins, founder of the on his wall. But lately he has been taking trips to John Perkins Foundation for Reconciliation; Joseph Jackson and other areas of the state trying to gain Parker of the American Family Association; camvotes from black churches and communities. Pre- paign organizer Stacia Hunter, who was conceived

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in rape; and Dr. Freda Bush of East Lakeland OBGYN, who used to work in an abortion clinic but is now a fierce opponent of abortion. The event included a barrage of music videos and film clips. Up first was a music video of rapper Nick Cannon’s “Can I Live.� It showed a pregnant woman at an abortion clinic walking through throngs of screaming protesters on the way to the clinic. She appeared riddled with guilt and fear as she decided if she should abort her child. As doctors prepared her for surgery, a full-size baby appeared on a sonogram monitor, and the woman ran out of the clinic before the procedure could take place. Another video showcased the views of opponents who spoke at a public hearing about the initiative—categorized as godless individuals who do not respect the sanctity of life. Parker declared with certainty that all women regret their abortions, even though studies show that the majority of women who receive abortions say they feel relief afterward, the Guttmacher Institute reported in 2006 in “Abortion in Women’s Lives.� “I have never run into a woman who says, you know, I’m glad I had that abortion,� Parker said. “But I can point you to hundreds of women who are dealing with depression, nightmares and hear babies in the night.� Andrew Overton and his wife, Gladys, a mixed-race couple, thought they were attending a regular Wednesday night church service Sept. 28 and were surprised to find that it was a political event. They decided to leave after a few minutes of listening to the speakers. The couple said they are both against abortion but have concerns about the Personhood Initiative. They have questions about what it would mean for couples trying to get pregnant through in-vitro fertilization. “It’s kind of the right idea, but it’s the wrong wording,� Andrew Overton said. “They are playing on passions, but when it comes to something like that, you have to think logically.� Although the majority of speakers at the event were men, Prewitt and Parker claimed that Yes on 26 is a diverse campaign. Yet, out of seven staff members listed on the campaign’s website, only one is a more on next page

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tending to safe, legal termination of unwanted pregnancies at a price they can afford?” Chisholm wrote. Tiyi Morris, former Jacksonian and professor of African American studies at Ohio State University, agrees with Chisholm. She said forced sterilization—which offered no choice to the woman being sterilized—isn’t the same as a woman having the option of choosing whether to abort a fetus. “I understand the genocide argument, but for me, women have to control what happens to their own bodies,” Morris told the JFP. “And there is a difference between women having the option for abortion and someone forcing you to be sterilized, and those are two completely separate things.” “I think the black genocide argument might be playing on fear and class issues,”

Morris added. “… I think the legacy of the eugenics movement has caused a sense of mistrust by blacks with the medical community, and I think vestiges of that get passed on.” Final Moments It’s the last few days of the campaign, and Prewitt and Sanders are tired. They have been on the road for campaign events and fielding media calls. When asked to expand on his take of the black genocide argument and how his campaign is working with Personhood USA, the national organization that has pushed for similar failed initiatives, Prewitt is tightlipped. “The Personhood U.S.A movement is equivalent to the Democratic National Committee in how they work in state races,” Prewitt said. “There is nothing extraordinary about their engagement. It happens in political policies all around the world.” In 2008, Colorado became the first state to have a similar initiative on the ballot. It failed with only 27 percent of Coloradans voting in favor, and failed again in 2010. Personhood U.S.A. led the efforts to collect the signatures in Mississippi to get Personhood on the ballot, but this summer, “Yes on 26” took over the efforts to get the initiative passed. The goal of anti-abortion groups is to end abortion in Mississippi and, eventually, to get the U.S Supreme Court to overturn Roe. v. Wade, the 1973 case that gave women the right to choose whether to carry an unwanted or dangerous pregnancy to term. Jackson resident Beverly McMillan became an abortion provider after the Supreme Court ruling. In the late 1960s, she provided medical care to women who had illegal, unsafe abortions by pushing foreign objects into their cervixes to fake a miscarriage. After experiencing a religious conversion, McMillan stopped performing abortions in 1978 and is currently the president of Pro-Life Mississippi. If the initiative bans abortions in Mississippi, McMillan doesn’t think illegal, back-alley abortions will be much of an issue. “I don’t think it will be any worse that it was in 1969,” she said. “In fact, if a women sought an illegal abortion, she would be less likely to be harmed now that she would in 1969. The reason is that illegal abortionists will have access to suction machines, and that will be a much safer approach then the backalley approach in 1969.” During the Oct. 31 press conference, Prewitt and his staff called Mississippians for Healthy Families a front for Planned Parenthood and an “out-of-state“ group. But when pressed about his own out-of-state funding, Prewitt reversed, saying it wasn’t the fact that out-of-state groups were funding the opposition, but that it was abortion clinics. “It’s easy for the other side to dismiss this as a bunch of trivial crud,” Prewitt said Sept. 27. “This is real stuff. This is a deep movement that has a lot of substance to it. “I think if you participated in it, you’d at least see that this isn’t standard politics. It’s not this GOP front. The standard GOP donors haven’t given any money to this,” Prewitt said. 19 “Though you know I’ve love for them to.” jacksonfreepress.com

other ethnic groups at 40.2 abortions per 1,000 women compared to 11.5 abortions per 1,000 white women, Guttmacher reported. Black women may also be more likely to fall prey to “butcher abortions”—the unsafe form of abortions that poor women without access to safe and legal abortions often choose. (Studies show that wealthier women and the men who impregnate them can afford travel to places where abortions are legal, and have long and quietly had abortion procedures performed in the privacy of their doctor’s offices.) Shirley Chisholm, the first black woman elected to Congress in 1968, became a proponent for abortion rights. In her autobiography, “Unbought and Unbossed” (Houghton Mifflin, 1970), she writes that after discovering black and poor women were disproportionately harmed when they had illegal abortions, she wanted to make abortions safer—even though it was a politically risky stance. Chisholm cited a study by Edwin M. Gold showing that illegal abortions were the cause of death in 49 percent of blacks obtaining the procedure from 1960 to 1962, compared to 25 percent in white cases. “Which is more like black genocide, I ask my brothers—this, the way things are, or the conditions that I am fighting for in which the full range of family planning services is freely available to all women and classes of color, starting with effective contraception, and exLACEY MCLAUGHLIN

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from previous page 1933 to 1983 Mississippi forcibly sterilized woman. The lack of females on staff seems to 683 individuals under a state law that called be a touchy subject for Prewitt, who defends for sterilization of “persons who are afflicted the campaign’s staffing. with hereditary forms of insanity that are re“We have volunteers that are women,” current, idiocy, imbecility, feeble-mindedness he said. “You hire the people who can do the or epilepsy.” job. Fieldwork is hard The documentary work, because you “Maafa 21” unveils the are on the road all the history of the eugenics time. Our women are movement, focusing engaged. We are not on Planned Parentsome male-dominated hood founder Margaorganization. If I could ret Sanger. The film be a woman to answer depicts her work as an your question better, I attempt to wipe out would, but God made the black population me a male, so there through forced sterilyou go. More women ization to promulgate are aborted every year the white race, and it than men, by the way. ties her to the Ku Klux So we are very much Yes on 26 Executive Director Brad Prewitt Klan and Adolf Hitler. callsYes on 26 a “life-affirming campaign.” for the women who are While Sanger was aborted.” a part of the eugenics movement—it apShades of Falwell pealed to so-called progressives and conserThe campaign’s donors are unknown vatives alike—her family says that her work because it is listed as a nonprofit and has not as been mischaracterized, and she has been yet submitted tax filings to the IRS; however, it misquoted throughout history. In 1939, has support from the Tupelo-based American Sanger founded the Negro Project, a birthFamily Association, which the Southern Pov- control campaign for southern blacks. In the erty Law Center lists as a hate group because of documentary, Sanger teams up with the Birth its campaigns against homosexuals. The cam- Control Federation of America—an organizapaign also has legal support from the Liberty tion run mostly by white men. By the time Counsel law firm, partner of Liberty Univer- the organization changed its name to Planned sity, founded by the late Rev. Jerry Falwell. Parenthood in 1942, Sanger was only loosely Falwell coined the term “moral majority” involved with the organization, states the Marin 1979, and was the center of numerous con- garet Sanger Papers website, a history project troversies. He said publicly, for example, that of New York University. the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks were God’s punish“While she did not advocate efforts to ment for the ACLU, abortion providers and limit population growth solely on the basis of gay-rights activists. The Liberty Counsel is also class, ethnicity or race, and refused to encoura hate group, according to the SPLC, because age positive race-based eugenics, Sanger’s repuof its anti-gay activism. tation was permanently tainted by her associaIn September, Yes on 26 created a website tion with the reactionary wing of the eugenics to attack Mississippians for Healthy Families, a movement,” the website states. political action committee working against the Perkins told the audience of about 40 on Personhood measure. Yes on 26 used the site, Sept. 28 that it is strange to see so much outwith an address that sounded like the No on 26 rage when whites kill blacks, yet there is little group, to call out Mississippians for Healthy outrage for the number of aborted black baFamilies’ officers Nsombi Lambright of the bies. “How did we come this place in America ACLU and Kay Scott of Planned Parenthood as black people and white people to where we and their positions on abortion rights. so devalue life?” he asked. “Mississippians for Healthy Families is The abortion-as-eugenics strategy isn’t nothing but a front for the ACLU,” the web- new. Last year, Georgia Right to Life, a antisite states—an ironic smear, considering that abortion group based in Atlanta, placed 65 the ACLU has fought long and hard for the billboards around Atlanta with a picture of a rights of African Americans in the state. black infant and the words: “Black Children are an Endangered Species.” Black Genocide? Walk past the Women’s Health Organiza- ‘Unbought and Unbossed’ tion—the state’s only abortion clinic—on the The film and “Yes on 26” campaign arcorner of Fondren and State streets any week- gues that blacks are having abortions at higher day morning, and you’ll likely see protesters rates than whites. Dr. Freda Bush said that with signs calling abortion “black genocide.” abortions threaten the African American popTheir black genocide argument is rooted ulation, and while the U.S. black population in the history of the United States’ eugenics isn’t declining yet, she said fertility rates for movement, in which African American wom- blacks have decreased. The Guttmacher Instien were victims of forced sterilization, includ- tute reported that blacks experienced the larging right here in Jackson. est decline in abortion rates over other groups Between 1907 and 1963, states forcibly (18 percent) from 2000 to 2008. sterilized more than 64,000 people. 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Voter ID: Excessive Regulation? by Elizabeth Waibel

Voting Long Under Fire without attracting federal intervention. While many black Mississippians served in public office during Reconstruction, the conservative white majority soon pushed back and instituted measures such as poll taxes, gerrymandering and literacy tests to keep African Americans from voting. Blacks who wanted to vote could also face outright violence from paramilitary groups such as the Red Shirts, founded in Mississippi in 1875, or white-supremacist terrorists such as the Ku Klux Klan. “Southern brigadiers” began the Red Shirts as a paramilitary group to keep black Republicans from voting after the Civil War. Wearing red shirts, they disrupted rallies, helped suppress the vote at polling places, and threatened and committed violence against black leaders. The effort spread to other states, including the Carolinas, where the Red Shirts became

rounding voter identification. While its proponents laud voter ID as essential for preserving the democratic process, opponents claim it is an effort to discourage African Americans and other minorities from voting—especially those old enough to remember Jim Crow-era tactics such as poll taxes. Rep. Kelvin Buck, D-Holly Springs, is vice president of the Mississippi conference of the NAACP. The NAACP is opposed to the voter-identification measure, he said, adding that the initiative will not address common voting problems such as absentee ballot fraud, mistakes by poll workers and officials using questionable tactics to get elected. “We think that it is more a strategy to suppress voters than it is an answer to the problems related to elections,” he said. Although many conservatives are promoting the measure, Buck said voter ID flies in the face of conservative ideology that usually promotes fewer regulations and reduced government spending. “You are over-regulating the most fundamental right in our country—that is, the right to vote,” he said, adding that making sure everyone has an acceptable ID is an added, recurring cost for states. Buck said there is a difference in how younger people view voting and Mississippi’s Jim Crow history compared to older African Americans. “I don’t think (younger people) have a connection with it,” he said. “… I think they operate in a different kind of world.” Even though Mississippi’s voter-identification initiative mandates funding to provide

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an infamous anti-African American force. The Red Shirts helped patrol the streets of Wilmington, N.C., during the Insurrection of 1898, when whites violently overthrew the elected black government of the until-then majority black city. The League of the South, a current neosecessionist group, wears red shirts to indicate their opposition to civil-rights policies such as those espoused by the NAACP and the Southern Poverty Law Center. A group calling itself The Red Shirts regularly holds “flaggings” around the south to support flying the Confederate flag over public buildings and to protest politicians they see as hostile. The Klan, which has re-emerged several times since several Confederate veterans started it in Pulaski, Tenn., in 1865, is best known in part because its violence occurred during much of the 20th century. In 1964,

for example, Ku Klux Klan members murdered civil-rights workers James Chaney, Andrew Goodman and Michael Schwerner for trying to help African Americans in Neshoba County register to vote. In many cases, political maneuvers and scare tactics succeeded in keeping black voters away from the polls. In 1981, J. Morgan Kousser, a professor at the California Institute of Technology, provided written testimony to a congressional subcommittee that was considering renewing Section Five of the 1965 Voting Rights Act, which requires southern states to clear changes to voting laws with the Department of Justice. Kousser wrote that during and after Reconstruction, southern Democrats—the conservative, white, majority party in the UNDER FIRE, see page 22

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officials. Initiative 27 will ask voters, “Should this year, set to go into effect before the 2012 the Mississippi Constitution be amended to elections. Two of those states—South Carorequire a person to submit government is- lina and Texas—must get U.S. Department sued photo identification in order to vote?” The measure is part of a nationwide trend toward stricter identification laws at polling places. But despite voter ID proponents’ assurances that requiring photo identification will safeguard the integrity of the sacred act of vot- The U.S. Department of Justice charged Ike Brown, chairman of the ing, there is little Democratic Party in Noxubee County, with violating white voters’ evidence of wide- rights under the Voting Rights Act. spread impersonation at the polls that voter ID would prevent. of Justice approval under the Voting Rights Act before they can implement their new laws. A Nationwide Trend The Department approved Georgia’s law in Mississippi’s law, if it passes, will be what 2005, but South Carolina and Texas are still the National Conference of State Legislatures awaiting approval. categorizes as a strict photo ID law. That means Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act revoters must show a photo ID to vote on Elec- quires certain states with a history of keeping tion Day, but voters may cast a provisional minorities from voting to get approval from ballot and return to election officials after the the Justice Department before changing their election and show a photo ID for their ballot voting laws. Mississippi’s history of obstructing to be counted—a requirement that can seem African Americans from voting using devices daunting considering the disarray that already such as literacy tests, poll taxes, violence and tends to follow close elections. other tactics, means DOJ will have to approve Georgia and Indiana are the only states Initiative 27 before it could take effect. with strict photo ID laws in effect, although The Justice Department’s scrutiny of votfive more states passed strict photo ID laws ing laws points to the loudest controversy sur-

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n 2005, Noxubee County Democratic Executive Committee Chairman Ike Brown decided to go the extra—and illegal—mile to get votes for African American candidates, according to court records. Brown and others intervened at several steps in the election process, from encouraging unqualified candidates to run to poll workers improperly marking ballots to abusing the absentee ballot process. In one case, footnoted at the bottom of a page in the court’s opinion, one person testifies that Brown advised a young woman outside a polling place to “go in there and vote, to use any name, and that no one was going to say anything.” U.S. District Judge Tom S. Lee ruled that Brown had illegally discriminated against white voters. The judge’s opinion records a laundry list of improper or fraudulent activities that Brown and the committee designed to manipulate the political process in favor of African American candidates. The case marked the first time that the courts applied the Voting Rights Act—a key piece of civilrights legislation from 1964—to a black man for disenfranchising white voters. Brown’s actions have made him the poster child for voter-ID supporters in Mississippi. Some say requiring voters to provide identification is a painless step that will keep unsavory characters, like Brown, from voting under the names of those who should be resting peacefully in a cemetery. Others say that, at best, voter ID is a solution looking for a problem, and at worst it is a discriminatory practice that raises the specter of recently deceased Jim Crow. This year’s Mississippi ballot will ask voters to decide the issue instead of elected

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Current Voter ID Requirements No Voter ID Law Strict Photo Photo Non-Photo The voter-ID craze is sweeping the nation—despite little evidence that it stops voter fraud.

identification for people who do not already have one and cannot afford it, opponents of voter ID laws say the requirement still imposes a burden because voters may have to pay fees to obtain copies of documents such as birth certificates and other materials needed to get the special ID. Tennessee recently enacted a law requiring a photo ID to vote and provided funding for registered voters to get free photo IDs if they needed them. One 96-year-old woman was denied a free ID, however, because she did not have her marriage certificate. Dorothy Cooper, who lives in Chattanooga, Tenn., told the Chattanooga Times Free Press that the state Driver Service Center denied her request for an ID card despite the fact that she had a rent receipt, a copy of her lease, her voter registration card, a Social Security card, a photo ID issued by the Chattanooga police and her birth certificate to prove who she was. The clerk at the Driver Service Center said Cooper could not get an ID card since the names on her birth certificate and her voter registration did not match. Cooper is registered to vote under her married name, and her birth certificate shows

her maiden name, as is to be expected. Sen. Joey Fillingane, R-Sumrall, sponsored Initiative 27 and modeled its wording after Indiana’s voter ID requirement. When the U.S. Supreme Court upheld Indiana’s voter ID law, it said that people who had trouble getting copies of their birth certificates or who faced other obstacles to voting might still successfully challenge the law. Tennessee officials said that they would work with Cooper to get her an ID, but she could also vote absentee, since the new law did not require an ID for absentee ballots.

son) and show a photo ID in order to get a ballot sent out,” he said. From 2004 to 2007, Attorney General Jim Hood said his office conducted 38 voterfraud investigations. Almost all of them involved absentee-ballot issues. Jan Schaefer, spokeswoman for the attorney general’s office, said they investigated 16 voter-fraud cases during the last statewide election. Schaefer said most of the cases the attorney general’s office works on involve absentee ballots and vote buying, where candidates give people money to vote for them. Brown’s Noxubee County case is perhaps the most high-profile case of voter fraud in the state of Mississippi. Such cases seem to be rare, however. During former President George W. Bush’s time in office, the Department of Justice tried to crack down on voter fraud, The New York Times reported, but turned up virtually no evidence of any organized effort to skew federal elections. The 2007 article reported that many of the fraud cases the Department of Justice investigated were the result of isolated individuals making honest mistakes, such as misunderstanding eligibility rules or accidentally filling out two registration forms. Officials brought charges against 120 people and convicted 86. More than 30 of those were involved in small vote-buying schemes, in which a candidate paid people to vote for them. A handful of people voted twice. Prosecutors found little evidence of widespread, organized fraud.

Where’s the Evidence? Despite claims that voter ID will protect the integrity of elections, documented cases of in-person voter fraud are relatively scarce. Most voter ID laws do not address absentee voting. If Mississippi’s initiative passes, the state Legislature will have to decide how to apply its requirements to the voting process. Fillingane said the initiative will apply to absentee ballots, where most fraud occurs, but the initiative itself does not address absentee voting. “It would still apply to people who would want to vote absentee; (they would go in per-

Voter ID for Mississippi Voter fraud has been a cause célèbre of the Republican Party nationwide in recent years. Fillingane introduced the initiative after several failed attempts to pass a similar law through the Legislature. Republican Secretary of State Delbert Hosemann has also pushed for voter ID in Mississippi. During last year’s election, however, Hosemann’s office received only two reports of people who came to the polls and found out someone had already voted using their name. In one of the cases, the poll manager had mistakenly marked the wrong name. The Daily Caller, a conservative news

delegate to Alabama’s constitutional convention suggested that banning wife beaters from voting would disqualify 60 percent of black males. In predominately black districts in the South, election officials would move polling places several times during the day or refuse to open the polls at all. In an effort to keep those who could not read from voting, states instituted literacy tests (sometimes allowing questions like, “How many bubbles in a bar of soap?”) and quizzes over constitutional law, and denied people assistance in filling out ballots if they could not read. South Carolina divided its candidates

on eight ballots that voters had to place into the correct eight ballot boxes. Poll workers would then shuffle the boxes during the day to make it difficult for literate voters to help illiterate voters put their ballots in the right order before entering the polling place. Mississippi was also notorious for its “Shoestring District,” which followed the Mississippi River in a thin line so as to concentrate as many black voters into one district as possible. This “gerrymandering”—named for Gov. Elbridge Gerry’s efforts to engineer a district to benefit his party in 1812—ensured that while blacks might have a majority

website, recently chastised NAACP President Benjamin Jealous for criticizing voter ID laws while a Mississippi NAACP official, Lessadolla Sowers, was in prison for voter fraud. In April, a Tunica County jury convicted Sowers on 10 counts of fraudulently casting absentee ballots, the Daily Caller reported—a type of fraud the initiative does not address. As conservatives campaign on balancing the budget and Mississippi tightens its fiscal belt, the cost of implementing voter ID is another hurdle. Rep. Fillingane initially estimated that providing free voter ID cards to people who do not have them would cost taxpayers a mere $100,000. The Mississippi Legislative Budget Office put the cost at just under $1.5 million, however, if the state offers its regular ID cards for free instead of designing a new card specifically for voting, as Fillingane has suggested. The Legislature will be responsible for working out the details and funding the initiative should voters pass it in November. Jim Harper is the director of information policy studies at the CATO Institute, a conservative think tank that promotes limited government. He has written about the push for voter ID across the nation. Harper said his concern is not with individual states experimenting with voter ID policies, but that someday, the federal government also might push for national identification. “If a state like Mississippi wants to try it, that’s fine by me,” he said. “Maybe somebody will do some good research and turn up whether in-person ballot fraud drops or not (and other states can follow).” So far, Harper said his research, like that of others, has not turned up many instances of in-person ballot casting fraud. He said voter ID will continue to be an issue as more races are waged with tighter margins, but even in a tight race, one person casting ballots at different polling places is much less effective than corrupting a computer system or filling out 100 absentee ballots. “If I were trying to change the results of an election, I wouldn’t do in-person ballot fraud, because that’s really inefficient,” Harper told the Jackson Free Press. Comment at www.jfp.ms.

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South at the time—used at least 16 different tactics to hamper black political power without denying the vote to enough people outright to invite federal intervention. Mississippi’s “pig law,” passed in 1875, barred people who had stolen any property valued at $10 from voting. Other states instituted similar bans for people convicted of minor offences with prospective African American voters as the target. In 1895, South Carolina prohibited those convicted of housebreaking, fornication, wife beating and miscegenation (race mixing) from voting, while allowing murderers and embezzlers to vote. In 1901, a white

in one district, they would not gain political power over the rest of the state’s districts. Some of the same tactics used in the South could also be deployed against other groups if their votes challenged the status quo. In 1882, The New York Times reported that Wisconsin had a shoestring congressional district “almost as remarkable as the one in Mississippi.” While this state’s district concentrated African American and Republican voters in one area, the Wisconsin district collected foreign-born residents and Democrats in an area stretching from Milwaukee to Green Bay. Comment at www.jfp.ms.

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n 2001, Nissan was preparing to come to property owners, but could not use eminent Canton, and Lonzo Archie’s home stood domain to take land to quickly build projects in the way of a new factory. The state, eager in hopes of increasing jobs and tax revenue. to bring in the factory’s jobs and economic Greg Gibson, spokesman for the Misbenefits, reasoned that Archie’s land was criti- sissippi Farm Bureau Federation, said his orcal enough to the project to exercise its power ganization is campaigning for the initiative as of eminent domain on behalf of Nissan. a way to get back to using eminent domain “The lower courts for traditional public had given the state of uses, such as building Mississippi immedischools and roads, inate possession of my stead of for commerhome and one acre of cial economic developmy land, and … sevment. The federation en acres of my father’s is promoting the initialand,” Archie said tive as a response to a this week. “At that U.S. Supreme Court point, we had 90 days decision in 2005, Kelo to move. We were The state tried to take Lonzo Archie’s v. City of New Lonland by eminent domain in 2001 to make counting down.” don, which upheld a way for a Nissan plant in Canton. Archie’s family city’s right to condemn had owned the land and seize private propfor decades, however, erty through eminent and didn’t want to sell—especially not at the domain and transfer it to a private commercial cut-rate prices governments tend to hand out entity to promote economic growth. in eminent domain settlements. Tensions ran New London’s land grab for “economic even higher because Archie is black, and Mis- development” didn’t turn out the way the city sissippi is not known for respecting the prop- had hoped, however. In 2009, The Wall Street erty rights of its African American citizens. Journal reported that the developments the Nissan didn’t really need Archie’s land, city promised when it took land by eminent but the state wanted to show other companies domain—a hotel, offices for pharmaceutical that it could put together land for other facto- giant Pfizer and high-end condos—never apries if a good enough offer came along. peared, and Pfizer planned to close its research Instead of packing up, Archie and his center in New London—the center for profamily decided to take their fight to a higher posed development. court. With help from a civil-liberties law Despite the lack of the promised ecofirm and with nationwide attention brought nomic benefits in New London on land taken to the fight by the Rev. Jesse Jackson, the state by eminent domain, the Supreme Court’s ruldropped its case, and Nissan built around Ar- ing still stands. Gibson said 43 states have alchie’s property instead. ready initiated some kind of eminent-domain Initiative 31 would prevent governments reform since the decision. that acquire property through eminent domain In the past few years, Mississippi legislafrom selling it to any non-governmental entity tors have introduced various bills similar to the for 10 years. The initiative makes exceptions initiative, often with the federation’s support. for land taken for building public infrastrucIn 2007, the House of Representatives ture and utilities, flood control with levees, passed a bill to make it more difficult for the as well as for removing public nuisances and state to use eminent domain for private develabandoned or uninhabitable property. The opment. The Senate amended and also passed state or a developer could still negotiate with the bill, but it died in conference.

In 2009, both chambers passed another bill to prevent the government from using eminent domain to acquire private property “for retail, office commercial, industrial or residential development; or for enhancement of tax revenue or for transfer to a person.” Gov. Haley Barbour vetoed the bill, saying it “would do more damage to job creation and economic development than any government action since Mississippi rightfully began trying to balance agriculture with industry in 1935,” and would prevent large-scale projects like the Nissan plant from locating in Mississippi. The House of Representatives voted to override Barbour’s veto, but the Senate did not, despite the fact that it passed the bill easily before the governor’s veto. The November ballot initiative has attracted much of the same criticism that Barbour leveled at the 2009 bill. John Reeves, a board member with the Jackson Redevelopment Authority, has said the initiative could hamper JRA’s ability to take blighted properties, like some around Jackson State University, for development—but the language includes an exception for such property. In June, Leland Speed, executive director of the Mississippi Development Authority, filed a lawsuit to keep the initiative off the ballot. Speed said he filed the suit as a citizen and not as the executive director of MDA. He echoed Barbour’s concerns about the 2009 bill, saying the initiative could halt future economic-development projects. In September, the state Supreme Court said the initiative’s constitutionality was not “ripe” for review, because it is still just a proposed amendment. Although the state dropped its case to acquire Archie’s land, Gibson said it would likely have an easier time taking the land now, after the Supreme Court decision. Archie has appeared in Farm Bureau advertisements and is encouraging people to vote for the initiative. “Back during that time, we had plenty of public opinion,” Archie said. “We had people all over the state that agreed with us.” Comment at www.jfp.ms.

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attiesburg native Patrik-Ian Polk has wrapped another film and is working on more television shows to add to his credentials. Polk, who is gay, explores issues of race and sexual identity in some of his projects. His work has won national awards and is gaining a more mainstream audience. “I always had a sense of what I wanted to do,” Polk, 38, said in a telephone interview from his home in New York City. “I set my sights on where I needed to go.” Critics call his 2000 film “Punks” a male version of the Whitney Houston hit, “Waiting To Exhale.” The film premiered at the Sundance Film Festival in January 2000 as part of its American Spectrum series. It won awards at festivals around the world and opened theatrically in November 2001. It also won a 2002 Independent Spirit Award nominee for best low-budget feature. After “Punks,” Polk created, wrote and directed three seasons of the comedy-drama series “Noah’s Arc” for the gay and lesbian-themed LOGO network, beginning in 2005, and the 2010 feature film “Noah’s Arc: Jumping the Broom,” which tackled the issue of gay marriage. Critics often described “Noah’s Arc,” a series that followed the adventures of four friends in Los Angeles, as a gay male “Sex and the City.” Polk’s next project is the 2012 film, “The Skinny.” “It’s about a group of friends reuniting after college graduation,” Polk said, adding that it is not autobiographical. “It’s already sold to television in July,” he said, but could not reveal the network or cable channel where it will air. “It will be in theaters on a small scale.” When he was a kid growing up in Hattiesburg, Polk read “Spike Lee’s Gotta Have It: An Inside Look at Guerrilla Filmmaking” (Fireside, 1987, $3.68), a book about the making of Lee’s first independent film, “She’s Gotta Have It.” “That’s the first time I knew what a director does,” Polk said. He was 12 or 13 when he read that book. Years later, when Polk made his first indie movie, “Punks,” the NAACP

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JSU celebrates its 100th anniversary with a football reception at 4 p.m. at the Mississippi Museum of Art (380 S. Lamar St.) and a gala at 6 p.m. at JSU’s Walter Payton Center (Walter Payton Drive). $100, $50 children under 12, $1,000 table of 10 for gala; call 601-983-9490. … Mike & Marty and The Deleted Family perform at the High Note Jam at 5:30 p.m. at the Mississippi Museum of Art’s Art Garden. Free, food for sale; call 601-960-1515. … Dreamz Jxn hosts the GSU v. JSU Pre-party. … Rock the Runway: Divas Against Domestic Violence is at 6 p.m. at the Jackson Convention Complex. $20; call 508-443-4827. … The play “Little Women” is at 7 p.m. at Millsaps College, Ford Academic Complex (1701 N. State St.); runs through Nov. 6. $10, $5 students; call 601-974-1089. … The Community Reinvestment Awards Gala is at 7 p.m. at the Jackson Medical Mall’s Thad Cochran Center (350 W. Woodrow Wilson Ave.). Special guests include Sheryl Lee Ralph, Patrick House, Jonathan Slocumb, and David and Tamela Mann. $50; call 601-982-8467. … The Bailey Brothers and Druid Hill are at Martin’s.

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“Biggest Loser” winner Patrick House speaks at the Childhood Obesity Prevention Luncheon at 11 a.m. at the Jackson Medical Mall (350 W. Woodrow Wilson Ave.). Free; email ejohnson@jacksonmedicalmall.org to RSVP. … Fondren After 5 is from 5-8 p.m. Stops to make include the Artisan Double Header featuring Sami Lott and Holly Jones Klaas at circa. Urban Artisan Living (2771 Old Canton Road; call 601-362-8484) and the art show featuring Dan Piersol, Rod Moorhead and Maureen Donelly at Fischer Galleries (3100 N. State St., Suite 101; call 601-291-9115). Free. … The artist reception for Allison Atwood is at 6:30 p.m. at The Commons. Free; call 601-352-3399. … Dreamz Jxn hosts Centric Thursday. … Hunter Runnels is at AJ’s on the Lake.

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Rick Anderson and Bill Bannister’s exhibit at the Mississippi Library Commission (3881 Eastwood Drive) hangs through Dec. 28. Free; call 601-432-4056. … Jessica Lea Mayfield performs at 9:30 p.m. at The Shed, Hattiesburg (126 Mobile St., Hattiesburg). $8 in advance, $13 day of show; call 800-745-3000. … Pub Quiz at Ole Tavern.

The Harvest Festival is from 9 a.m.-2 p.m. through Nov. 12 at the Agriculture and Forestry Museum (1150 Lakeland Drive). $5, $4 seniors, $3 ages 5-18, $1 ages 3-4, $1 train rides; call 601-432-4500 or 800-844-8687. … Music in the City with harpsichordist John Paul is at 5:15 p.m. at the Mississippi Museum of Art (380 S. Lamar St.) in Trustmark Grand Hall. Free, donations welcome; call 601-354-1533. … The Kerry Thomas Listening Party is at 7 p.m. at Suite 106. … The Preston Chamber Music Series is at 7:30 p.m. at Belhaven University Center for the Arts. Free; call 601-974-6494.

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Sen. John Horhn and Rep. Cecil Brown speak at the Jackson 2000 luncheon at 11:45 a.m. at the Arts Center of Mississippi (201 E. Pascagoula St.). $12; email bevelyn_ branch@att.net to RSVP. … Bill Jackson and Vicki Carroll’s exhibit at Brown’s Fine Art (630 Fondren Place) hangs through Nov. 28. Free; call 601-982-4844. More events and details at jfpevents.com.

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The Battle of the Bands is at 2 p.m. at Mississippi Veterans Memorial Stadium. $12 in advance, $15 at the door, $10 children 6 and under; call 601-354-6021 or 800745-3000. … The documentary “Black Power Mixtape” shows at 5 p.m. at Russell C. Davis Planetarium (201 E. Pascagoula St.). $7; visit msfilm.org. … Shaun Patterson performs at Burgers and Blues from 5-9 p.m.

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NAMIWalks for the Mind of America is at 10 a.m. at Winners Circle Park (100 Winners Circle, Flowood). Donations welcome; call 601-899-9058. Join JFP’s team at bit.ly/jfpnami. … The Hot Diggity Dog Walkathon and Fair is at 10 a.m. at Canton Multipurpose Complex (501 Soldier Colony Road, Canton). $20 individual, $15 each for team of three or more; call 601-853-6996 or 601-826-1843. … The film “Siegfried: Live in HD” shows at 11 a.m. at Tinseltown (411 Riverwind Drive). $22, $20 seniors, $15 children; call 601-936-5856. … The Farish Street Heritage Festival is at 4 p.m. $10 in advance, $15 at the gate; call 601-948-5667. … The annual Squat and Gobble is at 6:30 p.m. at Reservoir Pointe (140 Madison Landing Circle, Ridgeland) and benefits domestic violence shelters. $35; raffle tickets: $10, $50 for six; call 601-932-4198. … Katt Williams performs at 7 p.m. at the Jackson Convention Complex. $35.50-$45.50; call 800745-3000. … Hal & Mal’s hosts the Exposed Music Festival. … Light Beam Rider and Banner Fair play at Ole Tavern. … The Coathangers and Liver Mousse are at Martins at 10 p.m. Jay Hunter Morris plays Siegfried in the film “Siegfried: Live in HD” showing Nov. 5 at 11 a.m. at Tinseltown.

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jfpevents JFP-SPONSORED EVENTS Radio JFP on WLEZ, at WLEZ 100.1 FM and wlezfm.com. Join Donna Ladd and Todd Stauffer every Thursday from noon-1 p.m., where they discuss vital issues and play local music. This week’s guest is Stacey Aldridge from NAMI Mississippi. JFP sports writer Bryan Flynn gives commentary at 12:45 p.m. Listen to podcasts at jfpradio.com. Free; call 601-362-6121, ext. 17. Fondren After 5 Nov. 3, 5 p.m. The monthly event showcases the neighborhood’s local shops, galleries and restaurants. Free; call 601-981-9606. NAMIWalks for the Mind of America Nov. 5, 10 a.m., at Winners Circle Park (100 Winners Circle, Flowood). Check-in is at 9 a.m. The 4K walk is a fundraiser for NAMI Mississippi, a local branch of the National Alliance on Mental Illness. Each team member who raises at least $100 will receive a T-shirt. Join JFP’s team at bit.ly/jfpnami11. The Mental Health Candlelight Vigil is on Nov. 4, 7 p.m., at Mississippi State Capitol (400 High St.); candles provided. Call 601-899-9058.

HOLIDAY Mistletoe Marketplace Nov. 2-5, at Mississippi Trade Mart (1200 Mississippi St.). Find the perfect holiday gift at the annual market. The preview gala is Nov. 2 at 7 p.m. Shop Nov. 3-4 from 11 a.m.9 p.m. and Nov. 5 from 9 a.m.-5 p.m. No strollers or rolling carts allowed. Visit mistletoemarketplace .com for a schedule. $10, $5 ages 6-12 and seniors, $20 three days, $100 gala; call 888-324-0027. Christmas Open House Nov. 6, 12:30 p.m., at Green Oak Garden Center (5009 Old Canton Road). View the new decor and pre-order Christmas trees. Enjoy refreshments, music, door prizes and pictures with Santa. Free; call 601-956-5017.

COMMUNITY “History Is Lunch” Nov. 2, noon, at William F. Winter Archives and History Building (200 North St.). Retired FBI agent Avery Rollins presents “The FBI Oral History Program in Mississippi.” Bring lunch; call 601-576-6998. Language Classes and Dia de Muertos Party Nov. 2, 6 p.m., at Lingofest Language Center (7048 Old Canton Road, Ridgeland). Learn the basics of Portuguese, French and Spanish. The party follows, which includes refreshments and music. Free classes, $10 party; call 601-500-7700.

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Events at Jackson Medical Mall (350 W. Woodrow Wilson Ave.). • Parents for Public Schools Lunch Bunch Nov. 2, 11:45 a.m., in the Community Room. $5 lunch; RSVP at 601-969-6015, ext 320. • Childhood Obesity Prevention Luncheon Nov. 3, 11 a.m. “Biggest Loser” winner Patrick House speaks. Free; RSVP at ejohnson@jackson medicalmall.org. • Community Reinvestment Awards Gala Nov. 4, 7 p.m., in the Thad Cochran Center. Special guests include Sheryl Lee Ralph, Patrick House, Jonathan Slocumb, and David and Tamela Mann. $50; call 601-982-8467. • Budgeting Now, Ballin’ Later - A Savings Guide Nov. 7, 6 p.m., in the Community Meeting Room. Learn about budgeting and saving. Free; call 601-982-8467.

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Precinct 1 COPS Meeting Nov. 3, 6 p.m., at Jackson Police Department, Precinct 1 (810 Cooper Road). Discuss community issues at the forum. Call 601-960-0001. Social Studies Teachers Workshop Nov. 4, 8 a.m., at Old Capitol Museum (100 S. State St.). “The Civil War in Mississippi: Frontlines” is the theme. $40, $5 for 0.5 CEU credit from Mississippi College; call 601-576-6800.

Jackson State University Centennial Football Reception and Gala Nov. 4. The football reception and autograph session is at 4 p.m. at the Mississippi Museum of Art (380 S. Lamar St.). The gala is at 6 p.m. at JSU’s Walter Payton Center (32 Walter Payton Drive). $100, $50 children under 12, $1,000 table of 10; call 601-983-9490. Kids’ Fiesta Fun Event Nov. 4, 6-8 p.m., at Lingofest Language Center (7048 Old Canton Road, Ridgeland). On first Fridays, children ages 5-11 learn basic Spanish in a party atmosphere. Limited space; pre-registration required. $15 per child; call 601-500-7700. Family Safari Slumber Nov. 4, 7 p.m., at Jackson Zoo (2918 W. Capitol St.). The slumber party includes an animal presentation, games and a campfire. In the morning, enjoy a continental breakfast and a guided walk. $30 per person, $25 members; call 601-352-2580. Belk Fall Charity Sale Nov. 5, 6 a.m., at Belk, Northpark Mall (1200 E. County Line Road, Ridgeland). Shop, save and support your favorite Jackson school or nonprofit. Ticket required to enter. $5 admission; call 601-919-5000. Breakfast with Ballerinas Nov. 5, 7:30 a.m., at Applebee’s, Ridgeland (900 E. County Line Road, Suite 101, Ridgeland). The pancake breakfast is a fundraiser for Power APAC’s dance department. $5; call 601-960-5387. Jackson Audubon Society First Saturday Bird Walk Nov. 5, 8 a.m., at Mayes Lake at LeFleur’s Bluff (115 Lakeland Terrace). Adults must accompany children under 15. Free, $3 car entrance fee; call 601-956-7444. Financial Seminar Nov. 5, 9:30 a.m., at Ridgeland Public Library (397 Highway 51, Ridgeland). Learn about credit scores and reports, foreclosure avoidance, and tips on holiday spending. Free; call 601-856-7413. Farish Street Heritage Festival Nov. 5, 4 p.m., at Farish Street. The annual event includes food and merchandise vendors, a Kiddie Cottage, and concerts. Tickets sold at Bully’s Soul Food Restaurant and Bama Record Shop. $10 in advance, $15 at the gate; call 601-948-5667. Fall Costume Drive through Nov. 6, at Mississippi Children’s Museum (2145 Highland Drive). Donate new or used children’s costumes from 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Tuesday-Saturday and 1-6 p.m. Sunday. Call 601-981-5469 or 877-793-5437. Jackson Arts Collective Monthly Meeting Nov. 7, 6 p.m., at The Commons at Eudora Welty’s Birthplace (719 N. Congress St.). Call 601-497-7454. Jackson Touchdown Club Meeting Nov. 7, 6 p.m., at River Hills Country Club (3600 Ridgewood Road). This week’s speaker is Steve Shaw, head of SEC Officials. $280 individual membership, $1200 corporate membership; call 601-506-3186. Central Mississippi Go Club Gaming Session Nov. 8, 6:30 p.m., at Newk’s Express Cafe, Clinton (455 Highway 80 E., Clinton). Learn to play Go, an ancient game similar to chess. Free; call 601-940-9189. Teaching Your Board to Fundraise Nov. 9, 8:30 a.m., at Mississippi Center for Nonprofits (921 N. President St., Suite C). Help your organization boost fundraising efforts. $60, $35 members; call 601-968-0061. Introduction to Judaism Class Nov. 9-Feb. 15, at Beth Israel Congregation (5315 Old Canton Road). Rabbis Debra Kassoff and Valerie Cohen teach the class on Wednesdays at 7:30 p.m. Register and order required texts by Nov. 4. Free, suggested donation from non-members of $120; call 601-956-6215.

WELLNESS First Friday Free ADHD Screening Nov. 4, by appointment, at the office of Suzanne Russell, LPC

BE THE CHANGE Rock the Runway: Divas Against Domestic Violence Nov. 4, 6 p.m., at Jackson Convention Complex (105 E. Pascagoula St.). Purchase tickets at WRBJ (745 N. State St.) or Sterling Photography (731 S. Pear Orchard Road, Suite 36, Ridgeland). A portion of the proceeds benefits Catholic Charities Domestic Violence Center. $20; call 508-443-4827. Hot Diggity Dog Walkathon and Fair Nov. 5, 10 a.m., at Canton Multipurpose Complex (501 Soldier Colony Road, Canton). Dogs must be on a non-retractable leash no longer than six feet. Proceeds benefit the Gallant Hearts Guide Dog Center. $20 individual, $15 each for team of three or more; call 601-853-6996 or 601-826-1843. Squat and Gobble Nov. 5, 6:30 p.m., at Reservoir Pointe (140 Madison Landing Circle, Ridgeland). Enjoy food, door prizes, a silent auction, a dance contest and a turkey-calling contest. Proceeds benefit local domestic violence shelters. $35; raffle tickets: $10, $50 for six; call 601-932-4198. Thanksgiving Canned Food Drive through Nov. 23, at Jackson Zoo (2918 W. Capitol St.). Bring a canned good or non-perishable food item and receive $1 off general admission. Call 601-352-2580.

Holidays Without the D.A.S.H. Nov. 3, 5:30 p.m., at Hinds Behavioral Health Services (3450 Highway 80 W.). Get tips on avoiding stress during the holiday season. Free; call 601-321-2400.

Singing Christians Choir Concert Nov. 9, 11:45 a.m., at Galloway United Methodist Church (305 N. Congress St.), in Reception Rooms A and B. The choir is from First United Methodist Church in Moscow, Russia. Lunch is at 11:45 a.m. ($6, RSVP at 601-613-0672 or kkvalenti@yahoo. com), and the concert is at 12:15 p.m. (free, donations welcome). Call 601-353-9691.

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(665 Highway 51 N., Ridgeland). Licensed professional counselor Suzanne Russell offers free 30-minute ADHD screenings for children on first Fridays through Dec. 2. Free; call 601-707-7355.

“Dracula” through Nov. 6, at New Stage Theatre (1100 Carlisle St.). Shows are on Nov. 2-5 at 7:30 p.m., and on Nov. 6 at 2 p.m. $25, $22 seniors and students; call 601-948-3533, ext. 222. “Everyone Knows What a Dragon Looks Like” Nov. 2-5, 7:30 p.m., at Belhaven University (1500 Peachtree St.), in Belhaven Pavilion. Additional matinees on Nov. 5. Free; call 601-965-7026. Ambassadors Show Choir Fall Revue Nov. 3-5, 7 p.m., at Clinton Junior High School (711 Lakeview Drive, Clinton). $6; call 601-925-4184. “Cheaper by the Dozen” Nov. 4-5, 7 p.m., at Mississippi College (200 Capitol St., Clinton), in Nelson Hall. $7, $5 for MC employees, students, and seniors; call 601-925-3935. “Little Women” Nov. 4-6, at Millsaps College, Ford Academic Complex (1701 N. State St.). Shows are on Nov. 4-5 at 7 p.m. and Nov. 6 at 2 p.m. $10, $5 students; call 601-974-1089. “Siegfried: Live in HD” Nov. 5, 11 a.m., at Tinseltown (411 Riverwind Drive, Pearl). See Richard Wagner’s opera about a valiant warrior. $22, $20 seniors, $15 children; call 601-936-5856. Katt Williams Nov. 5, 7 p.m., at Jackson Convention Complex (105 E. Pascagoula St.). The comedian and actor (“Friday After Next”) does stand-up. $35.50-$45.50; call Ticketmaster at 800-745-3000. Art House Cinema Downtown Nov. 6, 5 p.m., at Russell C. Davis Planetarium (201 E. Pascagoula St.). Watch “Black Power Mixtape.” Popcorn and beverages available. $7; visit msfilm.org.

MUSIC Events at Mississippi Museum of Art (380 S. Lamar St.). Call 601-960-1515. • High Note Jam Concert Series Nov. 4, 5:30 p.m., in the Art Garden. Mike & Marty and the Deleted Family. Free, food sold. • Music in the City Nov. 8, 5:15 p.m., in Trustmark Grand Hall. John Paul performs. Free, donations welcome; call 601-354-1533. Battle of the Bands Nov. 6, 2 p.m., at Mississippi Veterans Memorial Stadium (2531 N State St.). $12 in advance, $15 at the door, $10 children 6 and under; call 601-354-6021 or 800-745-3000. Preston Chamber Music Series: An Evening of Diamonds Nov. 8, 7:30 p.m., at Belhaven University Center for the Arts Concert Hall (835 Riverside Drive). University of Mississippi faculty and student musicians perform. Free; call 601-974-6494.

Book Signings at Lemuria Books (202 Banner Hall, 4465 Interstate 55 N.). Call 601-366-7619. • Nov. 3, 5 p.m., Allison Crews signs copies of “Nemesis”; reading at 5:30 p.m. $25 book. • Nov. 4, 5 p.m., William G. McAtee signs copies of “Transformed”; reading at 5:30 p.m. $35 book. • Nov. 7, 5 p.m., Wirt Yerger signs copies of “A Courageous Cause.” $24.95 book.

CREATIVE CLASSES Shut Up! Classes, at JFP Classroom (2727 Old Canton Road). JFP editor-in-chief Donna Ladd teaches the Shut Up and Convince! Opinion Writing Workshop from 6-8 p.m. Nov. 7 and Nov. 14 ($50), the Shut Up and Publish! Workshop from 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Dec. 10 ($50) and the six-week Shut Up and Write! Series every other Saturday from 10 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Jan. 7-March 10 ($150, $75 deposit required). Limit of 11 per class. Discounts for combined classes. Gift certificates available. Call 601-362-6121, ext. 16; email class@ jacksonfreepress.com; find Shut Up and Write on Facebook and Twitter (@shutupandwrite).

EXHIBITS AND OPENINGS Artisan Double Header Nov. 3, 5 p.m., at circa. Urban Artisan Living (2771 Old Canton Road). See Sami Lott’s designer fashions and Holly Jones Klaas’ artwork. Free; call 601-362-8484. November Art Show Nov. 3, 5 p.m., at Fischer Galleries (3100 N. State St., Suite 101). See works from Dan Piersol, Rod Moorhead and Maureen Donelly. Free; call 601-291-9115. Artist Reception Nov. 3, 6:30 p.m., at The Commons at Eudora Welty’s Birthplace (719 N. Congress St.). See Allison Atwood’s painting exhibit. Free; call 601-352-3399. Harvest Festival Nov. 8-12, 9 a.m.-2 p.m., at Mississippi Agriculture and Forestry Museum (1150 Lakeland Drive). Enjoy demonstrations, $1 train and wagon rides, animal exhibits, refreshments and music. $5, $4 seniors, $3 ages 5-18, $1 ages 3-4; call 601-432-4500 or 800-844-8687. Check jfpevents.com for updates and more listings. To add an event, email all details (phone number, start and end date, and time, street address, cost, URL, etc.) to events@jacksonfreepress.com or fax to 601510-9019. The deadline is noon the Thursday prior to the week of publication. Or add the event online yourself; check out jfpevents.com for instructions.

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Mixing Roots

by Marcelo Viera

CAROLINA CHOCOLATE DROPS

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ixing roots with modern music means more to the Carolina Chocolate Drops than blending old and new. The unusual musical group plays songs with ancient-sounding bluegrass tunes and genuine African American string style, but the lyrics are modern and relatable. The black string band tradition traces its roots to musicians from Africa who came to the Americas in the holds of slave ships. They made anchor instruments out of gourds with a neck and a variety of string combinations. They also devised a number of fiddles. Eventually, black fiddle-players picked up the European violin, adding classical-style fiddle to banjo and percussion. The Carolina Chocolate Drops’ last album, “Genuine Negro Jig,” delivers a tasteful mix of good songs, instrumental tracks and even one a capella tune that fiddler and (former opera) singer Rhiannon Giddens sings. In some of the most upbeat numbers on the album—like “Hit ’Em Up Style” and “Your Baby Ain’t Sweet Like Mine”—an unsuspected beat provides percussion. It’s actually the voice of Adam Matta, a vocal performer from New York City who joined the band earlier this year. The group connects to a time when creating music was an escape from sadness and weariness—be it a slow ballad played on the fiddle with light percussion or a foot-tapping, dirt-floor-dancing tune. “We are able to make a good living, but musically we have lots to cover and lots to explore,” Giddens states on the group’s website. The Carolina Chocolate Drops perform at 7:30 p.m. Nov. 10 at the Bettersworth Auditorium at Mississippi State University. To find out more, visit carolinachocolatedrops.com. Carolina Chocolate Drops perform Nov. 10 at MSU.

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Jackson. That would have been the smart move. But his lack of ego would not allow him to do that. People who need to have their egos fed by almost guaranteed success open businesses in places where others have already been successful. Craig, more concerned with his community, shared his ego with all of us and redefined what it meant to succeed in Jackson. Craig was far more than just a chef opening a restaurant where so many fear mongers said he couldn’t. He also made it cool to hang out downtown again. His PM parties attracted hundreds to Capitol Street every few months to eat great food, listen to great music, and most importantly, put a face on the re-emergent downtown scene. Walking up to a PM party was like seeing your wildest dreams about downtown Jackson come true. Again, Craig was aware of this, and that is why music was so important to what he was doing. He knew that the young professionals would give him a customer base and a group of vocal supporters. He knew even better that the artists, musicians, and music fans who held down the PM parties gave Parlor Market its soul and a creative underbelly that so many other places lack. It is difficult to find a silver lining in this heartbreaking event, but if there is one, it is this: Craig’s passing revealed a unity in this city that we knew existed, but don’t get the opportunity to see that often. The day-after memorial get-together at Hal and Mal’s was a diverse gathering of the people who make Jackson great, as service industry folks mingled with artists, band members,

“You can dream a little dream, or you can live a little dream I’d rather live it, cause dreamers always chase, but never get it.” —Aesop Rock, “No Regrets”

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here isn’t really much I can say about Craig Noone that hasn’t already been said. The Parlor Market chef’s life was cut short Oct. 14 by a tragic car wreck. Craig was a leader and a visionary who turned a simple dream into a reality that galvanized the hopes of so many Jacksonians who knew that downtown could be the center of something, even if we didn’t know exactly what that something was. Craig knew and let the rest of us join him on the ride. Depending on what circles you run with in Jackson, visionaries and dreamers probably constantly surround you. Almost everyone I know had visions of a vibrant nightlife on Capitol Street anchored by maybe a restaurant or a music venue or another gathering spot for young professionals who shared the same aspirations for our fair city. Craig wasn’t special for sharing this vision. Craig was special for acting on that vision. He took an idea that many people have had for more than a decade, and instead of waiting for someone else to do it, he did it. It was just that simple. Or at least Craig made it seem simple. Parlor Market became exactly what so many of us had dreamed about: an actual Jackson fine-dining restaurant that, along with a redeveloped King Edward Hotel, anchored Capitol Street development. Parlor Market quickly became much bigger than the sum of its parts, as Craig made his dream restaurant more about everyone else than himself. He could have easily opened up Parlor Market in one of the suburban enclaves surrounding

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Craig Noone made it cool to hang out downtown again.

activists and others. And that will be Craig’s legacy. It is all of us who make Jackson great, but Craig made it greater by simply realizing and acting on that fact. That spirit should not pass with Craig. It is up to all of us to see that it doesn’t.

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THURSDAY, NOV. 3 College football (7-10 p.m. ESPN): Florida State takes on Boston College in a matchup of disappointing teams. FRIDAY, NOV. 4 High school football (2A, 3A, 4A playoffs, various sites): Mississippi has playoffs for every class, but 1A, 5A and 6A have one more week left in the regular season. My alma mater Florence won their district and hosts St. Stanislaus in round one. I will be there. SATURDAY, NOV. 5 College football (7-10 p.m. CBS): LSU and Alabama finally get it on. Winner of this game is in the driver’s seat for the national title game in New Orleans. SUNDAY, NOV. 6 NFL (noon-3 p.m. Fox): Last week, the New Orleans Saints got embarrassed losing to the previous winless St. Louis Rams. Now the Saints must bounce back in a pivotal division game against Tampa Bay at home. MONDAY, NOV. 7 NFL (7:30-11 p.m. ESPN): The Chicago Bears travel to the Philadelphia Eagles in a big game for both teams. TUESDAY, NOV. 8 College football (7-10 p.m. ESPN2/ ESPN U): The Mid-American Conference is on display when Northern Illinois takes on Bowling Green and Western Michigan takes on Toledo. WEDNESDAY, NOV. 9 College football (7-10 p.m. ESPN): More MAC football—This time Miami Ohio and Temple get some TV time. It’s a slow week after Saturday’s big game. Jackson State is at 7-1 and in the running for a Black College National Championship. Delta State is ranked number one in the Division II football poll. The Statesmen are 7-1 and playing to finish what they started last season. DSU lost in the national title game last season. All hail the mighty Fighting Okra as they try to continue winning. Follow Bryan at jfpsports.com, @jfpsports and at facebook.com/jfpsports.

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It’s all about Saturday’s big matchup, in case you haven’t noticed. I pick Alabama.

Bryan’s Rant

by Bryan Flynn

by Bryan Flynn

LSU’s head coach Les Miles could be the wild card in Saturday’s big game against Alabama’s Crimson Tide.

ing, throwing for 1,250 yards with 13 touchdowns and just one interception. He’s only being sacked just four times. That means Lee is making smart decisions with the football and not taking what defenses give him. Jefferson is back now and is getting snaps. Lee is more of pocket passer, while Jefferson can make plays with his legs and arm. Can LSU continue to play two quarterbacks and win, or will it haunt them Saturday? Speaking of Alabama, this season reminds me so much of the 2009-10 team. That team won with as strong defense, a Heisman contender at running back (eventual winner Mark Ingram) and a capable quarterback (Greg McElroy). This season the defense is as good as that national championship team. Trent Richardson is the Heisman-contending running back, and AJ McCarron is playing game manager at quarterback. McCarron has thrown for 1,664 yards with 10 touchdowns and just three interceptions. For a first year starter in the SEC those are good numbers. Alabama is also the most disciplined team. The Crimson Tide has only had 27 penalties, which is by far the best in the SEC. It will be great watching the LSU defense try to contain Trent Richardson. Case in point: his touchdown run against Mississippi Oct. 15 at the midpoint of the third quarter. Richardson broke ankles, and several Mississippi defenders left laundry on the field (a nice way of saying they were faked out of their jock strap) on his

way to a 76-yard touchdown run. The game’s wild card is LSU’s Les Miles. No coach in college football is as unorthodox as the mad hatter. Miles eats grass from every field and will gamble on fourth down and special teams. While Alabama coach Nick Saban is more conventional, you never know what Miles will do. Miles struggles with clock management, and that is a major story line to watch, but at times it seems he has made a deal with the devil the way his gambles pay off. This should be a good close game, and neither team should get much on offense. I will take Alabama to win this game but only because the Crimson Tide is at home. I will hope for a rematch in LSU’s back yard in the national championship game. Prediction: Alabama 17, LSU 13

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VEGETABLE AND CHEESE STRATA

Gingerbread pancakes add a festive and seasonal taste to brunch.

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hether it takes the form of a lazy Saturday morning for two or a gathering of a multitude of friends and family, brunch can be a celebration that takes us away from our everyday routines. I have found that the most relaxing way to enjoy the food and one another’s company is to partially prepare it in advance. These recipes are perfect for that mindset. Vegetable and cheese strata, sweet and nutty bacon, gingerbread pancakes topped with orange marmalade and a side of baked fruit comprises a delectable meal that everyone can enjoy. While a grits and sausage casserole is a favorite standby in the South, this strata is different, and you can assemble it the day before your brunch. The bacon recipe is similar. Make the topping in advance and sprinkle on the bacon before roasting. Both dishes bake in the oven at the same temperature, which saves time in the morning. While you may want to include a bread of your choice—croissants, biscuits or toast— the gingerbread pancake recipe is seasonal and festive. The batter and syrup can also be made a day before serving. If you decide against the baked fruit, consider providing fresh fruit instead. Serve the requisite coffee, tea and juices, but also try Champagne for mimosas. I have included a recipe for made-in-advance bloody Marys, a lovely cocktail for brunch.

1-1/2 cups onions, finely chopped 1 cup scallions, finely chopped 3/4 pound mushrooms, thinly sliced 3 tablespoons olive oil 2 red bell peppers, cut into thin strips (about 2 cups) 2 yellow bell peppers, cut into thin strips (about 2 cups) 9 cups Italian bread cut into 1-inch cubes (about 1-1/2 loaves) 2-1/2 cups sharp cheddar cheese, coarsely grated (about 10 ounces) 1 cup Parmesan cheese, freshly grated 12 large eggs 3-1/2 cups milk 3 tablespoons Dijon mustard Tabasco, to taste

Heat the oil in a large skillet over medium heat and cook the onions, scallions and mushrooms until softened. Add the bell peppers, and salt and pepper to taste. Cook the mixture over moderate heat, stirring, 10 to 15 minutes, or until all the liquid the mushrooms give off has evaporated and the peppers are tender. Arrange half the bread cubes in a large, buttered, shallow baking dish and top with half the vegetable mixture. Sprinkle with half the cheddar and half the Parmesan. Arrange the remaining bread cubes over the cheeses, top with the remaining vegetables and sprinkle the remaining cheeses over the top. In a bowl, whisk together the eggs, milk, mustard, Tabasco, salt and pepper. Pour the egg mixture evenly over the strata. Cover and chill overnight. Let the strata stand at room temperature for 15 minutes, and bake in the middle of a preheated 350 degrees oven for 50 minutes to 1 hour, or until it is puffed and golden and cooked through. Serves 10-12.

ORANGE MARMALADE SYRUP

1 cup all-purpose flour 2 teaspoons baking powder 1/2 teaspoon salt 1 tablespoon sugar 1 tablespoon ground cinnamon 1/2 teaspoon ground ginger 1/4 teaspoon ground allspice 1/8 teaspoon ground nutmeg 1/8 teaspoon ground cloves 1 large egg, lightly beaten 1 cup buttermilk 3 tablespoons melted butter 1 tablespoon molasses (light or dark)

2/3 cup maple syrup 1/3 cup orange marmalade

Combine first nine ingredients in large bowl; make a well in the center of the mixture. Mix the large egg and remaining three ingredients; add to dry ingredients, stirring just until moistened. Spoon about 2 tablespoons of batter for each pancake onto a hot, lightly greased griddle. Cook until tops are covered with bubbles and edges look set; turn and cook other side. Serve with orange marmalade syrup or maple syrup. Yields 10 pancakes.

MADE-IN-ADVANCE BLOODY MARYS 1 can (46-ounce) tomato juice 1 can (46-ounce) vegetable juice 1 cup fresh lemon juice 1/2 cup water 2 tablespoons Worcestershire sauce 1 teaspoon celery salt 1/2 teaspoon Cajun salt 15 ounces vodka (optional) hot sauce, to taste celery sticks, sliced

Combine all the ingredients in a glass pitcher, except for the vodka. Shake and let chill overnight. Stir in vodka before serving, if desired. Top with sliced celery sticks and adjust seasoning with the hot sauce of your choice. Serves 10.

Heat together, gently, at a low temperature until hot.

BRUNCH BACON 1 teaspoon flour 1/4 cup brown sugar 1/3 cup finely chopped pecans 1 pound bacon

Mix flour, sugar and pecans, and sprinkle over bacon. Place on broiler pan. Bake at 350 degrees for 25 minutes.

BAKED FRUIT 1 can (20 ounce) sliced pineapples 1 can (17 ounce) apricot halves 1 can (16 ounce) peach halves 1 can (16 ounce) pear halves 1 jar (14 1/2 ounce) spiced apple rings (pitted, canned sweet cherries are a nice substitute for the apple rings) 1/3 cup butter 1/2 cup sugar 1 tablespoon cornstarch 1 cup dry sherry (may be halved) 1/2 to 1 teaspoon curry powder (optional)

Drain first five ingredients, reserving juices for another use. Combine fruit in a 2-quart casserole and set aside. Melt butter over medium-low heat. Add combined sugar and cornstarch to butter, stirring constantly. Stir in sherry and cook until mixture is slightly thickened. Pour over fruit mixture. Cover and refrigerate overnight. Remove from refrigerator and let stand, covered, for 30 minutes. Uncover and bake at 350 degrees for 35-40 minutes or until bubbly. Serve hot. Serves eight.

The Neelys Return to Jackson by LaShanda Phillips

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at and Gina Neely of the popular Food Network TV show, “Down Home With the Neelys,” are coming to Lemuria Books to sign their latest cookbook, “The Neelys’ Celebration Cookbook: Down-Home Meals for Every Occasion” (Knopf, 2011, $28.95). Believing that the important things in life are family, friends and sharing food, the Neelys have included 146 recipes for holidays and special occasions. The book, available Nov. 1, also includes recipes for non-traditional events such as neighborhood warmings, harvest parties, all-nighters and spring-cleaning parties. The couple and Pat’s three brothers own Neely’s

Bar-B-Que, a family restaurant they opened in 1988 in downtown Memphis, Tenn. The restaurant now has four locations: two in Memphis, one in Nashville, Tenn., and a barbecue parlor in New York City. The Neelys also have two online stores that sell meat, their signature sauces and seasonings, apparel, DVDs and books. Their book tour kicks off Nov. 1 in New York City and ends Dec. 3 in Memphis. Meet Pat and Gina Neely Friday, Nov. 18, at 5 p.m. at Lemuria Books (202 Banner Hall, 4465 Interstate 55 N., 601-366-7619) when they sign copies of “The Neelys’ Celebration Cookbook: Down-Home Meals for Every Celebration.” Contact Lemuria to reserve your copy.

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Hickory Pit Barbeque (1491 Canton Mart Rd. 601-956-7079) The “Best Butts in Town� features BBQ chicken, beef and pork sandwiches along with burgers and po’boys. Haute Pig (1856 Main Street, 601-853-8538) A “very high class pig stand,� Haute Pig offers Madison diners BBQ plates, sandwiches, po-boys, salads, and their famous Hershey bar pie. Lumpkins BBQ (182 Raymond Rd. Jackson 866-906-0942) Specializing in smoked barbeque, Lumpkin’s offers all your favorites for on-site family dining or for catered events, including reunions, office events, annivesaries, weddings and more.

PIZZA

The Pizza Shack (1220 N State St. 601-352-2001) 2009 and 2010 and 2011’s winner of Best Pizza offers the perfect pizza-and-a-beer joint. Creative pizza options abound along with sandwiches, wings, salads and even BBQ. Sal & Mookie’s (565 Taylor St. 601-368-1919) Pizzas of all kinds plus pasta, eggplant parmesan and the fried ravioli. Best Kid’s Menu & Best Ice Cream in the 2011 Best of Jackson. Plus, Pi(e) Lounge in front offers great drinks..

ITALIAN

BRAVO! (4500 Interstate 55 N., Jackson, 601-982-8111) Wood-fired pizzas, vegetarian fare, plus creative pastas, beef, and seafood specials. Award-winning wine list, Jackson’s see-and-be-seen casual/upscale dining. Cerami’s (5417 Lakeland Drive, Flowood, 601-919-28298) Southern-style Italian cuisine features their signature Shrimp Cerami (white wine sauce, capers artichokes) along with veal, tilapia, crawfish, chicken and pasta dishes. Now with liquor license! Fratesi’s (910 Lake Harbour, Ridgeland, 601-956-2929) “Authentic, homey, unpretentious� that’s how the regulars describe Fratesi’s, a staple in Jackson for years, offering great Italian favorites with loving care. The tiramisu is a must-have!

STEAK, SEAFOOD & FINE DINING Crab’s (6954 Old Canton Rd., Ridgeland, 601-956-5040) Crab’s Seafood Shack offers a wide variety of southern favorites such as fried catfish and boiled shrimp. Full bar complete with multiple televisions for all of your favorite sporting events. Eslava’s Grille (2481 Lakeland Drive, 601-932-4070) Danny Eslava’s namesake feature Latin-influenced dishes like ceviche in addition to pastas, steaks, salads and other signature seafood dishes. Rocky’s (1046 Warrington Road, Vicksburg 601-634-0100) Enjoy choice steaks, fresh seafood, great salads, hearty sandwiches and much more in the “polished casual� dining room. Open 24/7 in the Riverwalk Casino.

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COFFEE HOUSES

Cups Espresso CafÊ (Multiple Locations, www.cupsespressocafe.com) Jackson’s local group of coffeehouses offer high-end Arabica beans, a wide variety of espresso drinks. Wi-fi.

BARS, PUBS & BURGERS

Hal and Mal’s (200 S. Commerce St. 601-948-0888) Pub favorites meet Gulf Coast and Cajun specialties like red beans and rice, the Oyster Platter or each day’s blackboard special. Best of Jackson winner for Live Music Venue for multiple years running. Burgers and Blues (1060 E. County Line Road, Ridgeland 601-899-0038) Al Stamps (of Cool Al’s fame) does it again with his signature approach to burgers, chicken, wraps, seasoned fries and so much more. Plus live music and entertainment!

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ASIAN

Pan Asia (720 Harbor Pines Dr, Ridgeland 601-956-2958) Beautiful ambiance in this popular Ridgeland eatery accompanies signature asian fusion dishes and build-your-own stir-frys using fresh ingredients and great sauces. Fusion Japanese and Thai Cuisine (1002 Treetop Blvd, Flowood 601-664-7588) Specializing in fresh Japanese and Thai cuisine, Fusion has an extensive menu featuring everything from curries to fresh sushi.

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Broad Street Bakery (4465 Interstate 55 N. 601-362-2900) Hot breakfast,coffee espresso drinks, fresh breads and pastries, gourmet deli sandwiches, quiches, soups, pizzas and dessert. Primos Cafe (2323 Lakeland 601-936-3398/ 515 Lake Harbour 601-898-3400) A Jackson institution featuring a full breakfast, blue-plate specials, catfish, burgers, prime rib, oysters, po-boys and wraps. Save room for something from their famous bakery! For Heaven’s Cakes (4950 Old Canton Road 601-991-2253) Cakes and cupcakes for all occasions including weddings, parties, catered events. Beagle Bagel (4500 I-55 North, Suite 145, Highland Village 769-251-1892) Fresh bagels in tons of different styles with a variety of toppings including cream cheese, lox, eggs, cheese, meats and or as full sandwiches for lunch. Paninis, wraps and much more!

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