- Collection:
- Southwind recordings
- Title:
- Southwind No. 165
- Creator:
- Lewis, Boyd, 1944-
- Date of Original:
- 1986-08-07
- Subject:
- Droughts--Georgia
Atlanta (Ga.)--Politics and government
Elections--Georgia--Atlanta
Agriculture--Georgia
Lewis, John, 1940-2020 - 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 1:19, is a feature about a mass haylift directed at Georgia to combat a drought that occurred in 1986. The program includes audio excerpts from Georgia Agriculture Commissioner Tommy Irvin; farmer Ellen McLucas of Inman, Georgia; Assistant Commissioner of Agriculture Charlie Mann; Georgia farmer Clifford Miller and George Thompson. The second segment, which begins at 13:46, is a feature about the race for Georgia's Fifth District seat in the United States Congress. The program features audio excerpts from the candidates, including Charles Johnson, Jan Douglass, Atlanta City Councilman John Lewis, Mildred Glover, Andrew Rostein, who was a candidate backed by political activist Lyndon Larouche; Alveda King Beal, Republican candidate David Young, Republican Princella Dixon, and Julian Bond. 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 1118.165.001
ahc.1118.165.001 - Metadata URL:
- http://album.atlantahistorycenter.com/cdm/ref/collection/p17222coll4/id/20
- 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
29:05 minutes - Original Collection:
- Southwind recordings
- Holding Institution:
- Atlanta History Center
- Rights:
-
