- Collection:
- Southwind recordings
- Title:
- Southwind No. 34
- Creator:
- Lewis, Boyd, 1944-
- Date of Original:
- 1982-01-28
- Subject:
- Voter registration--Alabama--Pickens County
Civil rights
African Americans--History--20th century
African Americans--Suffrage
Lowery, Joseph, 1921-
Wilder, Julia
Bozeman, Maggie
Seay, Solomon S., 1931-2015 - 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 Johnny Cash's rendition of "Southwind" and an introduction of the program by Boyd Lewis. The entire program is a feature about the case of Maggie Bozeman and Julia Wilder, who were convicted for minor vote fraud allegations in Pickens County, Alabama but were given harsh sentences. The program features audio excerpts from Reverend Joseph Lowery; Maggie Bozeman; attorney Solomon Seay Jr.; legal services worker Carol Self; John Zippert of the Federation of Southern Cooperatives Land Assistance Fund, and several unidentified individuals. 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 1118.034.001
ahc.1118.034.001 - Metadata URL:
- http://album.atlantahistorycenter.com/cdm/ref/collection/p17222coll4/id/49
- 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
28:09 minutes - Original Collection:
- Southwind recordings
- Holding Institution:
- Atlanta History Center
- Rights:
-
