- Collection:
- Southwind recordings
- Title:
- Southwind No. 137
- Creator:
- Lewis, Boyd, 1944-
- Date of Original:
- 1985-06-27
- Subject:
- Emigration and immigration--Georgia--Atlanta
Sanctuary movement--Georgia--Atlanta
Refugees--Georgia--Atlanta
Vietnam War, 1961-1975
Immigrants--Georgia--Atlanta
Clifton Presbyterian Church (Atlanta, Ga.)
Sanctuary movement
Social justice
Patriotism - 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 first segment, which begins at 1:36, is a feature about Atlanta churches providing sanctuary from refugees fleeing political violence in Central America. The program includes audio excerpts of John Storey of Clifton Presbyterian Church; Luce Moreno of El Salvador; Sister Barbara Herrington, and Carol Cummings of Quaker House. The second feature, which begins at 13:21, is a commentary by Dennis Adlesberger, who protested against the Vietnam War in the 1960s who reacts to an opinion column written in the Atlanta Constitution denigrating anti Vietnam War protestors. The third segment, which begins at 19:11, is a feature about shop owner Jack Lipsman, who operated an ice cream stand in Atlanta's Municipal Market in Atlanta's Fourth Ward. The program features audio excerpts from Lipsman and his sister, Mollie. 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 1118.137.001
ahc.1118.137.001 - Metadata URL:
- http://album.atlantahistorycenter.com/cdm/ref/collection/p17222coll4/id/128
- 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
29:45 minutes - Original Collection:
- Southwind recordings
- Holding Institution:
- Atlanta History Center
- Rights:
-
