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November 17, 2008 - The identity of the woman murdered last week during a Ku Klux Klan initiation ritual in rural Louisiana has been revealed.

November 11, 2008 - Veterans Day has a special meaning in the South. As the Institute has documented, a disproportionate share of the nation's soldiers come from and are based in the South, and the armed services have a central place in Southern life and politics.

November 10, 2008 - One of the biggest questions in the 2008 election was this: Will whites in the South vote not just for Democratic president, but for the first major African-American candidate in history?

November 7, 2008 - A quick welcome to the 20,000+ new readers who have come to Facing South this week for our special Voting Rights and Election 2008 coverage. And to you regulars who keep coming back for more -- thanks to you, too.

November 7, 2008 - This week's historic election of Barack Obama has inspired much discussion and optimism about the future of race relations in the United States. It's also been a time to reflect on the past - how far we've come as a nation.

November 6, 2008 - We called North Carolina for Obama yesterday, and you can read some of my first thoughts about what it meant for the state to not only go Democratic, but elect the first African-American president, here.

November 5, 2008 - Congressman John Lewis of Georgia, a noted civil rights leader and one of the founders of the Institute for Southern Studies, speaking to NBC News last night about Barack Obama's historic election as the first African-American president of the United States of America: