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The Journal of Mississippi History Board of Editors EDITOR-IN-CHIEF Elbert R. Hilliard, Department of Archives and History EDITOR Kenneth McCarty, University of Southern Mississippi EDITOR EMERITUS John E. Gonzales, University of Southern Mississippi ASSISTANT EDITOR MANAGING EDITOR Bradley G. Bond Christine Wilson University of Southern Mississippi Department of Archives and History BIBLIOGRAPHICAL EDITOR GENEALOGICAL EDITOR Jennifer Ford Sandra Boyd University of Mississippi Department of Archives and History BOOK REVIEW EDITOR NEWS AND NOTICES EDITOR Connie Lester Daniel Vogt Mississippi State University Jackson State University VOLUME LXV 2003 The Journal of Mississippi History is published quarterly by the Mississippi Historical Society in cooperation with the Mississippi Department of Archives and History, Jackson, Mississippi. CONTENTS OF VOLUME LXV Sectional Contrasts and the Demise of Old South Jackson’s White Residential Areas By Jerry Dallas. 1 The Politics of Trade: Delavillebeuvre’s 1787 Mission to the Choctaws and Journal By Charles A. Weeks.31 Elizabeth Croom Bellamy, the Delta, and the Enduring Importance of Family By Dorothy McLeod Maclnerney and William Warren Rogers.71 A Bibliography of Dissertations Relating to Missis¬ sippi—2002 Compiled by Jennifer Ford.87 Recent Manuscript Accessions at Mississippi Colleges and University Libraries Compiled by Jennifer Ford.91 Mississippi’s World War I Airmen and the Naming of Keesler Air Force Base By William Jeanes.119 The Jeanes Supervisor: Agent of Change in Mississippi’s African American Education By Bonnie Krause.127 Mississippi’s State Parks: The New Deal’s Mixed Legacy By Justin C. Faddy.147 Publications Relating to Mississippi Compiled by Jennifer Ford.169 Senators Poindexter, Davis, and Stennis: Three Missis- sippians in the History of the United States Capitol By William C. Allen 191 Trial by Ordeal: The Willie McGee Case By Craig Zaim.215 Why Populism Failed in Mississippi By Thomas Adams Upchurch.249 Program of the 2003 Annual Meeting of the Mississippi Historical Society By Dennis Mitchell.277 Transactions of the 2003 Annual Meeting of the Missis¬ sippi Historical Society By Elbert R. Hilliard.279 Introduction to Special Issue, “Mississippi Indian Biog¬ raphies” By Greg OBrien.315 Four Ages of Alibamon Mingo, //. 1700-1766 By Patricia Kay Galloway.321 Squirrel King and the Eastern Chickasaw Band By Wendy St. Jean.343 Greenwood LeFlore: Southern Creole Choctaw Chief By James Carson.355 Publications Related to Mississippi.169, 375 Book Reviews. 99, 173, 297, 379 Historical News and Notices 111, 185, 311, 395 INDEX 25 Woodland Hills, Jackson, 4, 5, 7, 8 Woodruff, Nan Elizabeth, book by mentioned, 378 “Wool Hat Boys,” 259 Working Cures: Healing, Health and Power on Southern Slave Plantations, Fett, reviewed, 102-03 World War I, Mississippi airmen of, 119-26 World War II, and Jackson, 20; Memories Collection, 98 Wright, Governor Fielding, 236. 243 Wright, Richard, and Jackson, 3, 17 Wynne, Ben, book by mentioned, 378 Yaganehuma (Choctaw chief), 55, 57,61 Yamasees, War of, 324, 345, 346, 352 Yates Family Papers, 98 Yates, W. G., and Sons, 395 Yazoo (Indians), 324 Yazoo and Mississippi Valley Railroad, 27 Yazoo River, and Greenwood LeFlore, 366 Yellow Canes, 60 YMCA,2 Young, Paige, book reviewed by, 183-84 Youngblood, Armae, 401 Zaim, Craig, article by, 215-47 )