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[JFP Daily] Black is the New Black: How Blacks Changed the GOP Game Jackson Free Press, Inc. To Me Today at 12:30 PM Wednesday, July 23, 2014 Also Online: Events, Music Listings, Restaurants, Jackblog Latest News Cover Black is the New Black: How Blacks Changed the GOP Game On the night of June 24, state Sen. Chris McDaniel took the podium from his fellow Mississippi state legislator Michael Watson after results came in for the Republican primary run-off for the U.S. Senate. State Drug Test Law: Punishing Parents, Starving Kids Poor Mississippi children could go hungry if their parents test positive for drug use under a new state law that was supposed to go into effect on July 1, but has been delayed. Jacksonian Dr. Christian Koch Growing up solving riddles and puzzles set Dr. Christian Koch on a path to medicine. He loved mathematics and constantly asked "why?" Editor's Note Its Time to Change The Game In most every election, we just move around the chess pieces but no one ever really wins, certainly not the voters. Music Brotherhood and Rooster Blues The brotherly duo Rooster Blues aims to make the blues its own by introducing a mix of weighty lyrics, extensive musicality and a little rock 'n' roll. Today's Events The "Freedom in Mississippi" Series Lecture is 6 p.m. to 7 p.m. at the Mississippi Museum of Art (380 S. Lamar St.). In Trustmark Grand Hall. Turry M. Flucker of the Mississippi Arts Commission speaks on Tougaloo College's involvement during the Civil Rights Movement. Cash bar at 5:30 p.m. Free; call 601-960-1515; msmuseumart.org. ... Author Josh Weil signs his book "The Great Glass Sea" at 5 p.m. at Lemuria Books (4465 Interstate 55 N., Suite 202). Reading at 5:30 p.m. $27 book; call 601-366-7619; email info@lemuriabooks.com; lemuriabooks.com. Music Listings Click here for venue addresses and phone numbers. Burgers & Blues - Jesse "Guitar" Smith 5:30 p.m. Club Magoo's - Karaoke 8 p.m. Fitzgerald's - Johnny Barranco 4:30 p.m.; Steve Williams 8 p.m. Hal & Mal's - New Bourbon St. Jazz Band Hamp's Place - Best in Hip-Hop w/Aziatikk Blakk Kathryn's - Larry Brewer 6:30 p.m. Kemistry - Acoustic Wednesdays w/ Kenny Davis 9 p.m. free Last Call - Karaoke M Bar - 50 Cent Wednesdays w/DJ Durdy Costello 7 p.m. free Martin's - Ladies Night McB's - Acoustic Crossroads 7 p.m. Ole Tavern - Karaoke One Block East - Trivia Night 7 p.m.; Karaoke 9 p.m. Pop's Saloon - Ladies Night Shucker's - Kern Pratt & The Accused 8 p.m. Underground 119 - Swing de Paris 6:30 p.m. free University Place - Wine Down Wednesdays/Ladies Night CURRENT ISSUE:v12, i46 Flip through issue ... Cover Black is the New Black: How Blacks Changed the GOP Game State Drug Test Law: Punishing Parents, Starving Kids Jacksonian Dr. Christian Koch Editor's Note Its Time to Change The Game Music Brotherhood and Rooster Blues All Stories