Grady, << GRAY dee, >> Henry Woodfin (1850-1889), was a journalist and orator of the southern United States. He edited The Atlanta Constitution from 1879 until his death. Through editorials and speeches, he helped promote the rebuilding of the South after the American Civil War (1861-1865). He delivered one of his most famous speeches, “The New South,” in New York City in 1886. His works, published after his death, include The New South and Other Addresses (1904) and Complete Orations and Speeches (1910).
Grady was born on May 24, 1850, in Athens, Georgia, and attended the University of Georgia. He died on Dec. 23, 1889.
