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The Journal of Mississippi History Board of Editors EDITOR-IN-CHIEF H. T. Holmes, Department of Archives and History EDITOR Kenneth McCarty, University of Southern Mississippi EDITOR-IN-CHIEF EMERITUS Elbert R. Hilliard, Madison ASSISTANT EDITOR MANAGING EDITOR Bradley Bond Christine Wilson Delta State University Department of Archives and History BIBLIOGRAPHICAL EDITOR GENEALOGICAL EDITOR Jennifer Ford Sandra Boyd Oxford Department of Archives and History BOOK REVIEW EDITOR NEWS AND NOTICES EDITOR Dennis Mitchell Daniel Vogt Mississippi State University Mississippi College VOLUME LXVHI 2006 The Journal of Mississippi History is published quarterly by the Mis¬ sissippi Historical Society in cooperation with the Mississippi Depart¬ ment of Archives and History, Jackson, Mississippi. CONTENTS OF VOLUME LXVIII Theodore G. Bilbo and the Decline of Public Racism, 1938—1947 By Robert L. Fleegler.1 Sermons That Became Charges By William P. Hustwit.29 The Houma Nation in Mississippi’s Early French Colonial Period: Modern Interpretations and Influences By J. Daniel d’Oney.43 Recent Manuscript Accessions at Mississippi Colleges and University Libraries Compiled by Jennifer Ford.65 A Bibliography of Dissertations Relating to Mississippi-2005 Compiled by Jennifer Ford.73 The Tupelo Homesteads: New Deal Agrarian Experimentation By Fred C. Smith .85 Native Son: Rob Hall and the Daily Worker Coverage of the Emmett Till Murder Trial By John R. Tisdale.113 Chickasaws, Tribal Law, and the Mississippi Married Women’s Prop¬ erty Act of 1839 By Robert Gilmer.131 Mississippi Historical Society Awards and Officers—2006 By Elbert R. Hilliard.149 Education Transforms the Mississippi Legislature By Jere Nash and Andy Taggart.169 High Authority or Failed Prophet? Alfred Holt Stone and Racial Thought in Jim Crow America By John David Smith.195 Ida B. Wells: Familial and Religious Influences in Holly Springs, Mis¬ sissippi By Eric Gerard Pearman.213 Program of the 2006 Annual Meeting of the Mississippi Historical Society By Connie L. Lester.241 Transactions of the Mississippi Historical Society Annual Business Meeting, March 4, 2006 By Elbert R. Hilliard.245 Mississippi’s Extraordinary Month, November 1973: The Demise of the Sovereignty Commission and of Unprofessional Leadership at the Mississippi State Penitentiary By Christopher P. Lehman.287 Preserving Good Order: John Girault of Natchez, Mississippi, 1783- 1813 By Marika Pineda.307 Gamecocks in Mississippi: How a South Carolina Company Came to Serve in a Mississippi Regiment By Robert S. Seigler, M.D.347 Book Reviews.75, 153, 267, 359 Historical News and Notices, 81, 165, 281, 371