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Articles in Nov 17, 1997 issue of Jet

• Clinton nominates Daryl Jones to become nation's first black Air Force secretary
• New study disputes commonly held theories about race and infant birth weight
• Janet Jackson: returns with hit album and new look
• 1998 Ad
• White House apologizes to Black woman lawmaker denied admission to White House ceremony
• First black astronaut honored by NASA
• Report cites new pills to treat impotence
• Ving Rhames portrays Don King in HBO drama, 'Don King: Only in America.'
• NAACP leader Kweisi Mfume says Merriam-Webster's decision on use of racial slurs is 'unacceptable.'
• Black Enterprise magazine's top Black firms earn $13.2 billion
• Woman says she was fired because of her breast size. f
• Rev. Willie Barrow, married 52 years, gives tips for a happy marriage
• 14-year-old whiz kid is college junior
• D.C. government employee, Mary Treadwell, pleads guilty to stealing $10,400 in city funds
• Children say minorities are shown more negatively than Whites on TV
• 1998 Ad
• Is it OK for strong men to cry?
• Daniel Hale Williams: November 15, 1894
• Rodney Slater urges states to adopt tougher drunk-driving laws
• Bill Cosby: May 22, 1966
• Experts say chores for children are an important part of family life
• Manhattan, NY, doctor slain; his former girlfriend and her son charged in murder
• Psychology profession fails to meet needs of Blacks say Black psychologists
• Martin Luther King, III named to lead SCLC
• Lori Scott
• John Thompson, Georgetown University basketball coach, files for divorce
• Jada Pinkett Smith and Tommy Davidson mix spice and sass in sexy comedy 'Woo.'
• Census form won't have multiracial category
• Walter C. Watkins Jr
• Violet Palmer becomes first black female referee in the NBA
• Victoria Rowell holds party in L.A. to aid children in foster care
• Law groups push for more minority clerks on the U.S. Supreme Court
• Stamp dedicated to honor cultural celebration Kwanzaa
• George Jackson
• HIV-positive man knowingly infected teens and women, authorities say
• Mr. T battles rare form of cancer
• Pioneering actress Maidie Norman, who shunned 'old slavery-time talk' in her roles, dies at 85
• William Kennard confirmed as first black chairman of Federal Communications Commission
• James Anderson
• Ebony fashion fair's 'The Jazz Age of Fashions' wows D.C. audience
• Ex-basketball star gets life back on track after overcoming sexual compulsion
• National Conference of Black Mayors holds 24th annual convention in New Orleans