- Collection:
- Southwind recordings
- Title:
- Southwind No. 66
- Creator:
- Lewis, Boyd, 1944-
- Date of Original:
- 1983-04-15
- Subject:
- Civil rights
Theaters--Georgia--Atlanta
Theater
Drama - People:
- Abernathy, Ralph, 1926-1990
King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968
King, Coretta Scott, 1927-2006
Lowery, Joseph E.
Vivian, C. T. - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Charlton County, 30.78172, -82.13769
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 1:45, is a discussion of playwright Tennessee Williams between Alliance Theater director Fred Chapel and Atlanta playwright Beryl Boykin. The second feature, which begins at 6:59, is a feature on the Okefenokee Swamp narrated by unidentified residents of the area. The third segment, which begins at 13:01, is audio of a rally in Atlanta, Georgia, on April 4th, 1983 in memory of the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. The program features audio excerpts from Reverend Joseph Lowery; Reverend Ralph David Abernathy; Coretta Scott King; C.T. Vivian, and Walter Fauntroy of Washington, D.C. The program emphasizes the efforts being made for a march on Washington to commemorate the 20th anniversary of the original march led by Martin Luther King Jr. 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 1118.066.001
ahc.1118.066.001 - Metadata URL:
- http://album.atlantahistorycenter.com/cdm/ref/collection/p17222coll4/id/26
- 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
30:18 minutes - Original Collection:
- Southwind recordings
- Contributing Institution:
- Atlanta History Center
- Rights: