- Collection:
- Southwind recordings
- Title:
- Southwind No. 152
- Creator:
- Lewis, Boyd, 1944-
- Date of Original:
- 1986-01-30
- Subject:
- Folk music--Georgia--Atlanta
Apartheid--South Africa--History
Tutu, Desmond - 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 1:20, is a feature about a documentary made by filmmaker George King about the folk music trio Elise Witt and the Small Family Orchestra and their trip to Central America. The program includes audio excerpts of King and members of the band. The second segment, which begins at 12:10, is a feature about 86 year-old Kentucky musician Minnie Back, who leads a musical band whose instruments are made from the gourds she grows in her garden. The third segment, which begins at 19:15, is a portion of the speech about Apartheid by South African Bishop Desmond Tutu at Ebenezer Baptist Church in Atlanta. 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 1118.152.001
ahc.1118.152.001 - Metadata URL:
- http://album.atlantahistorycenter.com/cdm/ref/collection/p17222coll4/id/47
- 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
30:25 minutes - Original Collection:
- Southwind recordings
- Holding Institution:
- Atlanta History Center
- Rights:
-
