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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At the trial, prosecutors quoted from the books and literature seized from Herndon and repeatedly invoked the Communist Party's idea of self-determination in the Black Belt—an independent nation of black people in the Deep South—as proof that Herndon was attempting to incite an insurrection.
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John Yoo and John Shu, Newsweek, 24 Jan. 2025
Schools across the Deep South were closed or moved online Tuesday from Texas to Florida.
—Karina Tsui, CNN, 21 Jan. 2025
Heavy snow, sleet and freezing rain are expected around the Deep South as a blast of Arctic air plunges much of the Midwest and the eastern U.S. into a deep freeze.
—Gerald Herbert and David J. Phillip, Los Angeles Times, 21 Jan. 2025
The cold air will start in the Rockies and Great Plains on Friday, reach the Deep South and Great Lakes by Saturday night, then stretch into the East Coast on Sunday, forecasters said.
—Jeanine Santucci, USA TODAY, 17 Jan. 2025
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John Yoo and John Shu, Newsweek, 24 Jan. 2025
Schools across the Deep South were closed or moved online Tuesday from Texas to Florida.
—Karina Tsui, CNN, 21 Jan. 2025
Heavy snow, sleet and freezing rain are expected around the Deep South as a blast of Arctic air plunges much of the Midwest and the eastern U.S. into a deep freeze.
—Gerald Herbert and David J. Phillip, Los Angeles Times, 21 Jan. 2025
The cold air will start in the Rockies and Great Plains on Friday, reach the Deep South and Great Lakes by Saturday night, then stretch into the East Coast on Sunday, forecasters said.
—Jeanine Santucci, USA TODAY, 17 Jan. 2025
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“The Deep South.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/the%20Deep%20South. Accessed 13 Feb. 2025.
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