- Collection:
- Southwind recordings
- Title:
- Southwind No. 134
- Creator:
- Lewis, Boyd, 1944-
- Date of Original:
- 1985-05-16
- Subject:
- African Americans--Georgia--Atlanta
Theaters--Georgia--Atlanta
Artists--Georgia--Atlanta
Lewis, John, 1940-2020
Coca-Cola Company
Northside High School (Atlanta, Ga.) - 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 1:21, is a feature about the Coca-Cola Company revealing its new formula for Coke in 1985. The program focuses on the negative reaction to the change and the response by the company, which included throwing a party in Woodruff Park in downtown Atlanta. The program features audio excerpts from the event, including performances by students at Northside High School, and interviews with Atlantans who gave their opinions about the new Coca Cola taste. The second segment, which begins at 12:01, is a feature about the flourishing of African American theater, music, and the arts in Atlanta. The program includes audio excerpts from author and poet Pearl Cleage; Ebon Dooley of the Arts Exchange in Grant Park; Atlanta City Councilman John Lewis; Shirley Franklin, an administrative officer for the city of Atlanta, and writer and activist Rick Reed. 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 1118.134.001
ahc.1118.134.001 - Metadata URL:
- http://album.atlantahistorycenter.com/cdm/ref/collection/p17222coll4/id/144
- 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
30:36 minutes - Original Collection:
- Southwind recordings
- Holding Institution:
- Atlanta History Center
- Rights:
-
