From the birth of the nation, the South has been the crucible of American politics. That is as true today as it was in 1861 or at the Constitutional Convention. In A Southern State of Mind: Inside Out, the latest piece from WBUR's Inside Out Documentaries, senior correspondent Michael Goldfarb takes a journey through the region to discover what has changed in Southerners' identity.

View photos by Michael Goldfarb taken during his journey through parts of the American South.