- Collection:
- Southwind recordings
- Title:
- Southwind No. 107
- Creator:
- Lewis, Boyd, 1944-
- Date of Original:
- 1984-07-12
- Subject:
- African American farmers
Museums--Georgia--Atlanta
Labor unions
Agricultural laborers
Mitchell, H. L. (Harry Leland), 1906-1989
Southern Tenant Farmers' Union
High Museum of Art
Emergency Land Fund
Agriculture - 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 1:22, is a feature about difficulties facing small farmers. The program features audio interview excerpts from Emergency Land Fund director Joseph Brooks and other unidentified individuals. The second segment, which begins at 11:45, is a feature about the Southern Tenant Farmers Union. The program features audio interview excerpts from farmer H.L. Mitchell, co-founder of the union. The third segment, which begins at 20:42, is a feature about photographer Jim Frazier and includes audio interview excerpts from him, and High Museum curator Peter Morin. 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 1118.107.001
ahc.1118.107.001 - Metadata URL:
- http://album.atlantahistorycenter.com/cdm/ref/collection/p17222coll4/id/132
- 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
29:28 minutes - Original Collection:
- Southwind recordings
- Holding Institution:
- Atlanta History Center
- Rights:
-
