- Collection:
- Southwind recordings
- Title:
- Southwind No. 122
- Creator:
- Lewis, Boyd, 1944-
- Date of Original:
- 1984-11-15
- Subject:
- Museums--Georgia--Atlanta
Civil rights movements
King, Martin Luther, 1899-1984
Southern Regional Council
High Museum of Art - 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 1:33, is a feature about a travelling exhibition on Chinese technology and science that came to Atlanta's High Museum in 1984. The program features audio excerpts from Cecil Phillips of Georgia Tech, director of the exhibition, as well as Chinese interpreter Wang Schang Tchwan. The second segment, which begins at 9:16, is a feature about the Southern Regional Council, which celebrated its 40th anniversary in 1984. The program features audio excerpts from Executive Director Steve Suitts. The third segment, which begins at 15:21, is a feature about Martin Luther King Sr., who died in November 1984. The program contains biographical information and features audio excerpts from King. The fourth segment, which begins at 22:12, is a feature about attorney Al Horn, who died in 1984. Horn represented civil rights activists and other social justice organizers. The program includes audio excerpts from Atlanta Mayor Andrew Young, and Hosea Williams, both of whom paid tribute to him at his memorial. 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 1118.122.001
ahc.1118.122.001 - Metadata URL:
- http://album.atlantahistorycenter.com/cdm/ref/collection/p17222coll4/id/131
- 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
29:39 minutes - Original Collection:
- Southwind recordings
- Holding Institution:
- Atlanta History Center
- Rights:
-
