- Collection:
- Southwind recordings
- Title:
- Southwind No. 3
- Creator:
- Lewis, Boyd, 1944-
- Date of Original:
- 1980-12-15
- Subject:
- Civil rights workers
Civil rights movements
Urban policy--United States
National League of Cities - People:
- Jackson, Maynard, 1938-2003
- 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 story, which begins at 1:36, is an examination of the urban policies of the Reagan administration. The story features audio recorded at the National League of Cities Congress in Atlanta, including Indianapolis, Indiana mayor Bill Hudnut who read a telegram from the President-Elect outlining his priorities. Audio clips featuring commentory by Reagan senior policy advisor John McClory, Atlanta mayor Maynard Jackson. Anniston, Alabama mayor Gertrude Williams, E. H. Upton, city councilman of Oak Ridge, Tennessee, Jesse Ratley, city councilwoman of Newport News, Virginia are featured. The second story, which begins at 11:01, is a feature on author Eudora Welty that includes pieces of an interview of her by Gene Moore. The third story, which begins at 19:35, is an historical feature on the Montgomery Bus Boycott of 1955-1956 that features audio of Rosa Parks; Reverend William J. Powell of Montgomery; Alabama State professor Benjamin Simms and Montgomery Improvement Association President, Johnnie Carr. 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 1118.003.001
ahc.1118.003.001 - Metadata URL:
- http://album.atlantahistorycenter.com/cdm/ref/collection/p17222coll4/id/117
- 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
30:09 minutes - Original Collection:
- Southwind recordings
- Holding Institution:
- Atlanta History Center
- Rights:
-
