- Collection:
- Southwind recordings
- Title:
- Southwind No. 176
- Creator:
- Lewis, Boyd, 1944-
- Date of Original:
- 1987-01-15
- Subject:
- Civil rights workers--Georgia--Atlanta
Civil rights movements
Civil rights--Georgia--Atlanta - People:
- King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968
Lowery, Joseph E.
Vivian, C. T.
Mays, Benjamin E. (Benjamin Elijah), 1894-1984
King, Coretta Scott, 1927-2006 - 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 entire program is focused on civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. on the anniversary of his birthday. Titled "A King Portrait" the program features biographical information about King as well as audio excerpts of Atlanta school children; J. D. Winston of the Butler Street YMCA; Dr. Benjamin E. Mays; Atlanta Mayor Andrew Young Jr.; Dr. Joseph Lowery; Montgomery Alabama civic leader Charles Pierce; Johnnie Carr of Montgomery, Alabama; Coretta Scott King; C. T. Vivian of the Center for Democratic Renewal, and of Dr. King himself. 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 1118.176.001
ahc.1118.176.001 - Metadata URL:
- http://album.atlantahistorycenter.com/cdm/ref/collection/p17222coll4/id/11
- 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
27:50 minutes - Original Collection:
- Southwind recordings
- Contributing Institution:
- Atlanta History Center
- Rights:
-
