Henry W. Grady

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Henry W. Grady
Born	Henry Woodfin Grady (1850-05-24)May 24, 1850 Athens, Georgia, U.S.[1]
Died	December 23, 1889(1889-12-23) (aged 39) Atlanta, Georgia, U.S.
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Henry Woodfin Grady (May 24, 1850 – December 23, 1889) was an American journalist and orator who helped reintegrate the states of the Confederacy into the Union after the American Civil War. Grady encouraged the industrialization of the South, with his coined term,"The New South". He was praised by contemporaries and by authors Shavin and Galphin as a civic promoter, political strategist and captivating speaker,^[2] and by Atlanta journalist Frederick Allen as a visionary.^[3] However, in modern times, Grady's arguments for the need for white supremacy in the post–Civil War South have resulted in his legacy being seen as mixed and overtly racist.^[4][5] Grady's name has been removed from several schools including Atlanta's former Grady High School. Grady was the father-in-law of Federal Reserve Chairman Eugene Robert Black and grandfather of banker and World Bank President Eugene R. Black Sr.