- Collection:
- Southwind recordings
- Title:
- Southwind No. 42
- Creator:
- Lewis, Boyd, 1944-
- Date of Original:
- 1982-05-07
- Subject:
- Voting--Georgia--Atlanta
Hartley, Pat
Lewis, John, 1940-2020
Voting rights - Location:
- 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 first segment, which begins at 1:14, is a feature about the Voting Rights Act of 1965 and its extension by Congress in 1982. The program contains audio excerpts from Atlanta City Councilman John Lewis; Laughlin McDonald of the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU); Ray Brown of the Southern Regional Council; Earl Shinholster of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP); Atlanta Mayor Andrew Young. The second feature, which begins 21:29, focuses on documentary film maker Pat Hartley and her film, I Heard It Through the Grapevine. The program is an invterview of Ms. Hartley. 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 1118.042.001
ahc.1118.042.001 - Metadata URL:
- http://album.atlantahistorycenter.com/cdm/ref/collection/p17222coll4/id/78
- 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
29:58 minutes - Original Collection:
- Southwind recordings
- Holding Institution:
- Atlanta History Center
- Rights:
-
