- Collection:
- Southwind recordings
- Title:
- Southwind No. 151
- Creator:
- Lewis, Boyd, 1944-
- Date of Original:
- 1986-01-16
- Subject:
- Civil rights workers--Georgia--Atlanta
Civil rights--Georgia--Atlanta - People:
- King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968
Young, Andrew, 1932-
Mays, Benjamin E. (Benjamin Elijah), 1894-1984
King, Coretta Scott, 1927-2006
Lewis, John, 1940-2020 - 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 a feature about Dr. Martin Luther King's birthday, which became a national holiday in 1986. The program features biographical information about King and background information about the Civil Rights Movement, as well as audio excerpts of King; former Morehouse College President Dr. Benjamin E. Mays; Benjamin Simms of the Montgomery Improvement Association; Coretta Scott King; Andrew Young Jr; Atlanta City Councilman John Lewis, and several unidentified African American children who offer their thoughts about King and his legacy. 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 1118.151.001
ahc.1118.151.001 - Metadata URL:
- http://album.atlantahistorycenter.com/cdm/ref/collection/p17222coll4/id/2
- 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
29:21 minutes - Original Collection:
- Southwind recordings
- Contributing Institution:
- Atlanta History Center
- Rights:
-
