United States, Georgia, Fulton County, Atlanta, 33.749, -84.387981850/1889Between 1880 and 1886 the Atlanta Constitution became the primary instrument of the Atlanta Ring, a loosely connected group of urban, proindustry Democrats. Henry Grady became the group's leader and dominant political force, helping to arrange the legislature's election of a fellow Ring member, Joseph E. Brown, to the U.S. Senate in 1880.Photograph of Henry W. Grady. In this head-and-shoulders view, he wears a suit and faces froward. Grady served as managing editor for the Atlanta Constitution in the 1880s. A member of the Atlanta Ring of Democratic political leaders, Grady used his office and influence to promote a New South program of northern investment, southern industrial growth, diversified farming, and white supremacy. Grady County, Georgia, created in 1905, is named in his honor.image/jpegHenry Woodfin Grady papers, Manuscript, Archives, and Rare Book Library, Emory University.http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/arts-culture/henry-w-grady-1850-1889Forms part of: New Georgia Encyclopediahttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/UND/1.0/http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/arts-culture/henry-w-grady-1850-1889Forms part of: New Georgia EncyclopediaHenry Woodfin Grady PapersNewspaper editors--Georgia--AtlantaJournalists--Georgia--AtlantaOrators--Georgia--AtlantaPolitical consultants--Georgia--AtlantaNewspapers--OwnershipMen--Georgia--AtlantaGrady, Henry Woodfin, 1850-1889Henry W. GradyStillImage