the Deep South
noun
: the states in the most southern and eastern part of the U.S. and especially Georgia, Alabama, South Carolina, Louisiana, and Mississippi
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For the white Christian nationalists of the Deep South, lynching represented less a rejection of Christian doctrine than its embrace within a fundamentalist context.
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William Horne / Made By History, TIME, 17 Oct. 2024
Two weeks ago, Hurricane Helene slammed into the Deep South and parts of Appalachia, bringing devastating floods to a region often spared from strong hurricanes.
—Connor Okeeffe, Orange County Register, 9 Oct. 2024
The best place for a shot of adrenalin remains the Deep South, the Indian Ocean and Pacific Ocean, with its long swells, powerful winds and long days alone in the world, with no other boat on the horizon.
—Demarco Williams, Forbes, 9 Oct. 2024
In Milton, Dworkin sees echoes of the Deep South protests in the 1950s – and the work of Martin Luther King, Jr., in 1960’s Chicago.
—Andrea Riquier, USA TODAY, 1 Oct. 2024
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William Horne / Made By History, TIME, 17 Oct. 2024
Two weeks ago, Hurricane Helene slammed into the Deep South and parts of Appalachia, bringing devastating floods to a region often spared from strong hurricanes.
—Connor Okeeffe, Orange County Register, 9 Oct. 2024
The best place for a shot of adrenalin remains the Deep South, the Indian Ocean and Pacific Ocean, with its long swells, powerful winds and long days alone in the world, with no other boat on the horizon.
—Demarco Williams, Forbes, 9 Oct. 2024
In Milton, Dworkin sees echoes of the Deep South protests in the 1950s – and the work of Martin Luther King, Jr., in 1960’s Chicago.
—Andrea Riquier, USA TODAY, 1 Oct. 2024
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