The South in Red and Purple: Southernized Republicans, Diverse Democrats

J. Ferrel Guillory directs the Program on Southern Politics, Media and Public Life at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, where he is a lecturer at the School of Journalism and Mass Communication. He was formerly southern correspondent, government affairs editor, Washington correspondent, editorial page editor, and columnist at The News & Observer in Raleigh, N.C. He also has written for The Economist, The New York Times, The Washington Post, America, The New Republic, and a variety of Southern magazines, journals, and newspapers. He is a contributor to books on public policy, tobacco in transition, and the politics of race.