- Collection:
- Southwind recordings
- Title:
- Southwind No. 28
- Creator:
- Lewis, Boyd, 1944-
- Date of Original:
- 1981-11-13
- Subject:
- Tobacco
Authors, American--Georgia
Coal--Kentucky
Calderon, Erma - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Fulton County, Atlanta, 33.749, -84.38798
United States, South Carolina, 34.00043, -81.00009
United States, Virginia, City of Danville, 36.58597, -79.39502 - 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 first segment, which begins at 1:20 is a feature about Georgia author Erma Calderon and his life in the South and in New York during the Harlem Renaissance. The story features audio excerpts from Calderon and Atlanta Journal reporter Leonard Ray Teel. The second segment, which begins at 13:17 is a feature about tobacco auctioneers in Danville, Virginia and by WHRO correspondent Chris Dickon, and by Beatrice Black of the South Carolina Educational Radio Network who focuses on tobacco auctioneers in South Carolina. The third segment, which begins at 23:14 is a feature about the dominance of the American Association coal company of the Yellow Creek Valley along the Tennessee and Kentucky border. The program features audio interview excerpts from author John Gaventa. 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 1118.028.001
ahc.1118.028.001 - Metadata URL:
- http://album.atlantahistorycenter.com/cdm/ref/collection/p17222coll4/id/69
- 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
29:41 minutes - Original Collection:
- Southwind recordings
- Holding Institution:
- Atlanta History Center
- Rights:
-
