- Collection:
- Southwind recordings
- Title:
- Southwind No. 177
- Creator:
- Lewis, Boyd, 1944-
- Date of Original:
- 1987-01-29
- Subject:
- Atlanta (Ga.)--Politics and government
Railroads--Georgia--Atlanta
Folk music--Georgia--Atlanta
Ku Klux Klan (1915- ) - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Fulton County, Atlanta, 33.749, -84.38798
- Medium:
- radio programs
- Type:
- Sound
- Format:
- audio/mpeg
- Description:
- This recording opens with an introduction of the program by Boyd Lewis. The series finale for "Southwind" features previously broadcast segments, including a 1982 program about a Ku Klux Klan march in LaGrange, Georgia; a 1982 program about the first 100 days of Atlanta Mayor Andrew Young's administrations; a 1983 program about the last run of a passenger train from Atlanta to Augusta; a 1984 interview with former president Jimmy Carter; a 1985 program about folk music trio Elise Witt and Small Family Orchestra, and a 1986 program about Vidalia onions. The program ends with a sign off by Boyd Lewis.
"Southwind" was a radio program about the issues, people, and culture of the South that aired on WABE-FM, Atlanta's public radio station. The series, which aired from 1980 to 1987, was conceived, produced, and reported by journalist Boyd Lewis. - Local Identifier:
- MSS 1118.177.001
ahc.1118.177.001 - Metadata URL:
- http://album.atlantahistorycenter.com/cdm/ref/collection/p17222coll4/id/10
- Additional Rights Information:
- Copyright is held by Boyd Lewis. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons, Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivsCC BY-NC-ND license https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
- Extent:
- 7 in. reel-to-reel audio tape, 3 3/4 ips
29:52 minutes - Original Collection:
- Southwind recordings
- Holding Institution:
- Atlanta History Center
- Rights:
-
