- Collection:
- Southwind recordings
- Title:
- Southwind No. 6
- Creator:
- Lewis, Boyd, 1944-
- Date of Original:
- 1981-01-23
- Subject:
- Voter registration--Alabama--Pickens County
Voter turnout--Alabama--Pickens County
Civil rights workers
Civil rights movements
Suffrage - Location:
- United States, Alabama, Pickens County, 33.28088, -88.08869
United States, Georgia, Fulton County, Atlanta, 33.749, -84.38798 - Medium:
- radio programs
- Type:
- Sound
- Format:
- audio/mpeg
- Description:
- This recording opens with singer Bessie Jones' rendition of "Preachin the Blues" and an introduction of the program by Boyd Lewis and Faye McDonald Smith. The entire program is a feature about the myths and realities of southern African American women, and begins at 1:07. The story features audio of Atlanta poet Alice Lovelace, and from several other women who speak about the concerns and goals of contemporary black women. These women are Dorothy Bolden of the National Domestic Workers Council; communication specialist Vivian Edwards, Faye Bellamy, Vangie Watkins neighborhood activists, and Kareem Brown, a youth worker. The program also features commentary by author Toni Cade Bambara. The next part of the feature features how African American women are making political inroads in Pickens County, Alabama. This part features audio from activists Maggie Bozeman and Julie Wilder, and Mullins, Alabama Mayor Geraldine Sawyer. The final segment of the program features commentary by author Pearl Lomax. 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 1118.006.001
ahc.1118.006.001 - Metadata URL:
- http://album.atlantahistorycenter.com/cdm/ref/collection/p17222coll4/id/17
- 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
29:22 minutes - Original Collection:
- Southwind recordings
- Holding Institution:
- Atlanta History Center
- Rights:
-
