Henry Grady

1850-1889

Career: rose to prominence as a journalist, eventually becoming managing editor of the Atlanta Constitution; encouraged industrial growth and more diverse farming for the "New South" following the Civil War; deliverd famous "New South" speech in New York in 1886. Grady County created and named in his honor in 1905.

Links:

Biography from New Georgia Encyclopedia

Georgia Writers Hall of Fame Biography

"New South" Speech

Our Georgia History biographical timeline

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