- Collection:
- Southwind recordings
- Title:
- Southwind No. 84
- Creator:
- Lewis, Boyd, 1944-
- Date of Original:
- 1983-12-30
- Subject:
- Railroads--Georgia--Atlanta
Transportation--Georgia--Atlanta
Lynching--Alabama--Mobile
Theaters--Georgia--Atlanta
Agnes Scott College
Sea Island Singers - Location:
- United States, Alabama, Mobile County, Mobile, 30.69436, -88.04305
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 program is a composite of clips from programs aired in 1983. The first segment, which begins at 1:31, is a feature on the last run of the Atlanta to Augusta rail line, featuring audio excerpts from Gordon Magette, engineer Bill Maulden, and Atlanta Historical Society President Franklin Garrett, who sings the lyrics to the Ballad of Casey Jones. The second segment, which begins at 8:01, is a feature about life in a mill town in South Carolina that originally aired on March 4, 1983. The third segment, which begins at 11:38, is a feature about the Southern Savoyards, a theater group in Atlanta. The program features audio excerpts from Sally and Rue Knapp and originally aired on January 27, 1983. The fourth segment, which begins at 14:50, is a segment about the lynching of Michale Donald in Mobile, Alabama. The program features audio excerpts from Dr. Robert Gilyard of the Mobile NAACP, and Robert Doyle Jr., mayor of Mobile. The segment first aired on June 2, 1983. The fifth segment, which begins at 18:19, is a clip of an interview of Ruth Schmidt, the first female president of Agnes Scott College in Decatur, Georgia. The sixth segment, which begins at 22:04, is a feature about the danger of double trailer trucks. The final segment, which begins at 25:22, is a feature on Frankie and Douglas Quimby of the Sea Island Singers. 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 1118.084.001
ahc.1118.084.001 - Metadata URL:
- http://album.atlantahistorycenter.com/cdm/ref/collection/p17222coll4/id/85
- 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
28:32 minutes - Original Collection:
- Southwind recordings
- Holding Institution:
- Atlanta History Center
- Rights:
-
