- Collection:
- Southwind recordings
- Title:
- Southwind No. 58
- Creator:
- Lewis, Boyd, 1944-
- Publisher:
- Atlanta, Ga. : Kenan Research Center
- Date of Original:
- 1982-12-24
- Subject:
- Football players--Georgia--Athens
Religious facilities
Wrightsville (Ga.)--Race relations
Religion
Race relations
Oakhurst Baptist Church (Decatur, Ga.)
Seeds network - People:
- Walker, Herschel
- Location:
- United States, Georgia, Fulton County, Atlanta, 33.749, -84.38798
- Medium:
- open reel audiotapes
- Type:
- Sound
- Format:
- audio/mpeg
- Description:
- This recording opens with an introduction of the program by Boyd Lewis. The first segment, which begins at 1:11, is a feature about University of Georgia football player Herschell Walker and the homecoming reception he received in Wrightsville, Georgia, after he won the Heisman Trophy in 1982. The program includes audio excerpts from the event, including audio of Walker. The segment included references to recent racial disturbances in Wrightsville that occurred in 1980. The second segment, which begins at 17:38, is a feature about the reputation Southern Baptist churches of focusing on impressive church edifices and other symbols of wealth. The program features audio excerpts from Andy Loving of the SEEDS Network, and Gary Gunderson of Oakhurst Baptist Church in Decatur, Georgia. The third segment, which begins at 24:39, is a feature about the poor economic conditions in the South in 1982. The program features audio excerpts from economist Ray Marshall. 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 1118.058.001
ahc.1118.058.001 - Metadata URL:
- http://album.atlantahistorycenter.com/cdm/ref/collection/p17222coll4/id/147
- 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:
- 30:08 min.
- Original Collection:
- Southwind recordings
- Holding Institution:
- Atlanta History Center
- Rights:
-
