- Collection:
- Southwind recordings
- Title:
- Southwind No. 130
- Creator:
- Lewis, Boyd, 1944-
- Date of Original:
- 1985-03-07
- Subject:
- Voter registration--Southern states
Civil rights workers--Georgia--Atlanta
Civil rights movements
Hospitals--Alabama--Tuscaloosa
Homelessness
Lewis, John, 1940-2020 - Location:
- United States, Georgia, DeKalb County, Decatur, 33.77483, -84.29631
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 1:40, is a feature about John Lewis and his work in furthering the right to vote for African Americans. His work with the Student Non Violent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) in the 1960s in Selma, Alabama, is covered. The program features audio excerpts from Lewis. The second segment, which begins at 11:43, is a recording of a song titled "Southwind" by artist Berne Poliakoff. The third segment, which begins at feature about 13:30, is a feature about Partlow State School and Hospital for the Mentally Retarded in Tuscaloosa, Alabama. The program focuses on the terrible conditions at the hospital, and reforms that have come in the wake of an expose by the New York Times. The program features audio excerpts from Jack Tillman, President of the Alabama Association for Retarded Citizens; Chip Brown, a former volunteer at the hospital, and Sue Ellen Galbraith, Director of the Alabama Developmental Disabilities Advocacy program. The fourth segment, which begins at 24:21, is a feature famine in the African nation of Burkiina Faso. The program features audio excerpts of Gary Gunderson, Director of SEEDS. The city of Decatur, Georgia, proposed a relationship with the country to offer assistance. 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 1118.130.001
ahc.1118.130.001 - Metadata URL:
- http://album.atlantahistorycenter.com/cdm/ref/collection/p17222coll4/id/140
- 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
30:23 minutes - Original Collection:
- Southwind recordings
- Holding Institution:
- Atlanta History Center
- Rights:
-
