- Collection:
- Southwind recordings
- Title:
- Southwind No. 156
- Creator:
- Lewis, Boyd, 1944-
- Date of Original:
- 1986-03-27
- Subject:
- Folk music--Georgia--Atlanta
Civil rights movements
Sweet Honey in the Rock (Musical group)
Albany Movement (Albany, Ga.)
Reagon, Bernice Johnson, 1942- - 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 1:12, is a feature about Sweet Honey in the Rock, an African American acapella singing group founded by Bernice Johnson Reagon. She was a founding member of the Freedom Singers who performed to raise money for civil rights organizations. The second segment, which begins at 23:58, is a sound essay about rains of a southern spring. The program includes music by the group and an interview with Reagon. 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 1118.156.001
ahc.1118.156.001 - Metadata URL:
- http://album.atlantahistorycenter.com/cdm/ref/collection/p17222coll4/id/81
- 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
30:45 minutes - Original Collection:
- Southwind recordings
- Holding Institution:
- Atlanta History Center
- Rights:
-
