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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Lewis was also a founding member of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee and an original Freedom Rider, challenging segregation across the Deep South, including leading sit-ins in Nashville.
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Diana Leyva, The Tennessean, 17 July 2025
And long ago, both were raised on the wrong side of the poverty line in the Deep South.
—Longreads, 8 July 2025
Several, for instance, were guarded by enormous magnolia trees, far from their core native range in the Deep South.
—Michael Barnes, Austin American Statesman, 2 July 2025
In 1961, 18-year-old Person joined a group of 12 other Civil Rights activists, both Black and white, to travel by bus into the Deep South.
—Melissa Brown, The Tennessean, 2 July 2025
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Diana Leyva, The Tennessean, 17 July 2025
And long ago, both were raised on the wrong side of the poverty line in the Deep South.
—Longreads, 8 July 2025
Several, for instance, were guarded by enormous magnolia trees, far from their core native range in the Deep South.
—Michael Barnes, Austin American Statesman, 2 July 2025
In 1961, 18-year-old Person joined a group of 12 other Civil Rights activists, both Black and white, to travel by bus into the Deep South.
—Melissa Brown, The Tennessean, 2 July 2025
See All Example Sentences for the Deep South
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“The Deep South.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/the%20Deep%20South. Accessed 22 Jul. 2025.
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