A BICENTENNIAL HISTORY OF MISSISSIPPI 495 CReDITS Martin Hegwood Historical Review and editing CONTRIBUTORS Justice Josiah Coleman – Mississippi Supreme Court Reagan L. Grimsley – Head of Special Collections and Archives at the University of Alabama, Huntsville Christopher Luse – Instructional Assistant Professor of American History at the University of Mississippi Dennis Mitchell – Professor emeritus at Mississippi State University Deanne Stephens Nuwer – Associate Professor of History at the University of Southern Mississippi Richell Putnam – Mississippi Arts Commission Roster/Teaching Artist and Literary Fellow; Mississippi Humanities Speaker Judith Ridner – Associate Professor of History at Mississippi State University Stephanie R. Rolph – Assistant Professor of History at Millsaps College William Ashley Vaughan – Assistant Archivist at the Archive of the Catholic Diocese of Jackson Chuck Westmoreland, Jr. – Assistant Professor of History at Delta State University Layout and Design – Coopwood Communications STAFF Jackie Donaldson Amanda Frusha earnest Hart Madeline Iles Anna Moak Colton Robison Leah Rupp Smith Laura Speights Tarver