- Collection:
- Southwind recordings
- Title:
- Southwind No. 158
- Creator:
- Lewis, Boyd, 1944-
- Date of Original:
- 1986-05-01
- Subject:
- Fairs--Georgia--Atlanta
Festivals--Georgia--Atlanta
Atlanta (Ga.)--Politics and government
African Americans--Georgia--Atlanta
Fowler, Wyche, 1940-
Georgia Renaissance Festival (Atlanta, Ga.) - People:
- Young, Andrew, 1932-
- 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 1:12, is a feature about the Georgia Renaissance Festival near Atlanta. The program features audio from the events at the festival and excerpts of participants, including organizer John Strooken, and Avner Isenberg, who taught character development for festival participants. The second segment, which begins at 12:12, is feature about the Democratic senatorial primary race in 1986. The program features audio excerpts from candidates Wyche Fowler, Dave Garrett, Hamilton Jordon, and John Russell. The candidates offer their opinions on a variety of issues. The third segment, which begins at 20:21, is a commentary by Nancy Pederson about Haley's Comet. The fourth segment, which begins at 24:04, is a feature about a coalition of black and Jewish organizations who met at the Temple to share their common interests. The program includes audio from Atlanta Mayor Andrew Young Jr. and Rabbi Alvin Sugarman. 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 1118.158.001
ahc.1118.158.001 - Metadata URL:
- http://album.atlantahistorycenter.com/cdm/ref/collection/p17222coll4/id/138
- 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
29:31 minutes - Original Collection:
- Southwind recordings
- Holding Institution:
- Atlanta History Center
- Rights:
-
