- Collection:
- Southwind recordings
- Title:
- Southwind No. 10
- Creator:
- Lewis, Boyd, 1944-
- Date of Original:
- 1981-03-20
- Subject:
- Legislators--Georgia--Atlanta
Georgia. General Assembly - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Fulton County, Atlanta, 33.749, -84.38798
- Medium:
- radio programs
- Type:
- Sound
- Format:
- audio/mpeg
- Description:
- This recording opens with singer Bessie Jones' rendition of "Preachin the Blues" and an introduction of the program by Boyd Lewis. The first feature of the program, which begins at 1:13, is a report on Georgia's sea islands. The feature includes performance audio of the Georgia Sea Island Singers, and interview clips of the leader of the group, Bessie Jones. Author Mary Jo Berron, and resident Douglas Quimby, who sings part of a spiritual. The second feature, which begins at 11:52, is a chronicle about an Atlanta elected state representative, and focuses on Atlanta representative Cindy Fuller as she attempts to negotiate and bargain with other lawmakers in the Georgia General Assembly. The third feature, which begins at 21:58, is a report about athletes training for the Special Olympics in South Carolina. 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 1118.010.001
ahc.1118.010.001 - Metadata URL:
- http://album.atlantahistorycenter.com/cdm/ref/collection/p17222coll4/id/107
- 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
29:41 minutes - Original Collection:
- Southwind recordings
- Holding Institution:
- Atlanta History Center
- Rights:
-
