biography
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Grady, Henry Woodfin
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| sex:
| male
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| lived:
| (1850–89)
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| biography:
| Journalist and orator, born in Athens, Georgia, USA. As editor and co-owner of the Atlanta Constitution (1880–9), he helped raise morale in the postbellum South through positive proposals for redevelopment. His philosophy was embodied in his classic speech on ‘The New South’ (first given in 1886). |
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