Dennis J. Mitchell is head of the Division of Arts and Sciences and professor of history at Mississippi State University at Meridian. He is author of A Rich Past A Vibrant Future: The History & Renovation of the Marks Rothenberg and Grand Opera House Buildings, Mississippi Liberal: A Biography of Frank E. Smith, Mississippi: Portrait of an American State, among others.
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