- Collection:
- Southwind recordings
- Title:
- Southwind No. 26
- Creator:
- Lewis, Boyd, 1944-
- Publisher:
- Atlanta, Ga. : Kenan Research Center
- Date of Original:
- 1981-10-16
- Subject:
- Poverty--Georgia--Atlanta
Politics and government--Georgia--Atlanta
Atlanta (Ga.)--Race relations
Race relations - People:
- Williams, Hosea, 1926-2000
Jackson, Maynard, 1938-2003 - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Fulton County, Atlanta, 33.749, -84.38798
- Medium:
- open reel audiotapes
- 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 1:04 is a feature about poverty in the South. The program features audio excerpts from Steve Suitts, director of the Southern Regional Council and civil rights leader Hosea Williams. The second segment, which begins at 11:05 is a feature by Beatrice Black of the South Carolina Educational Network about low birth weight babies in South Carolina. The program features audio excerpts of parents Robert and Patricia Boswell; Columbia physician Dr. Thomas Austin; Fran Hanson of Richmond Memorial Hospital in Columbia; The third segment, which begins at 17:48, is a feature about the Atlanta mayoral race of 1981. The program features audio excerpts of Atlanta mayor Maynard Jackson; Charles Black, campaign manager for mayoral candidate Sidney Marcus, and television host Roy Patterson. 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 1118.026.001
ahc.1118.026.001 - Metadata URL:
- http://album.atlantahistorycenter.com/cdm/ref/collection/p17222coll4/id/9
- 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:
- 29:40 min.
- Original Collection:
- Southwind recordings
- Holding Institution:
- Atlanta History Center
- Rights:
-
