Southwind recordings and scripts
Scope and Content
This collection consists of audio recordings and scripts created for the program, Southwind.Southwind programs consisted of one to three segments that featured original reporting either by Boyd Lewis or his colleagues in public radio throughout the Southeast. Many of the segments focused on contemporary events that Lewis placed in historical context, while other segments were retrospectives of past events that featured the voices of the participants. The segments touched upon a broad range of topics relating to the history of Atlanta and the American South in the mid-to-late 20th century, including the Civil Rights Movement; African American history; city and regional economic and cultural development in the Southeast; business and labor history; Atlanta theater; folk life; literature, and political history. Although a total of 177 Southwind programs were recorded, this collection only contains recordings of 150 programs and 158 scripts.
Dates
- 1980-1987
Creator
- Lewis, Boyd, 1944- (Person)
- WABE (Radio station : Atlanta, Ga.) (Organization)
Conditions Governing Access
This collection is open for research.
Conditions Governing Reproduction and Use
Unpublished manuscripts are protected by copyright. The recordings listed in Series I are licensed under a Creative Commons, Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivsCC BY-NC license, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/. Copyright of the programs described in Series I and the scripts in Series II are owned by Boyd Lewis.
Administrative/Biographical History
Atlanta journalist Boyd Lewis conceived, created, produced, and hosted Southwind, a half-hour radio program of features and documentaries on the people, issues, and events of the South. The program aired on WABE-FM in Atlanta, Georgia, between November 14, 1980 and January 29, 1987. Lewis began his journalism career in Atlanta in 1969 as a writer for the Atlanta Voice, a black-owned weekly newspaper. In 1973, he was hired as a journalist and a photographer for the Atlanta Inquirer.
Extent
1.25 linear ft. (150 digital recordings; three document cases)
Language
English
System of Arrangement
This collection is arranged in two series; Series I. Recordings; Series II. Scripts.
Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
Patrons who want access to the audio listed in series I must use the digital copies available at http://album.atlantahistorycenter.com/cdm/landingpage/collection/p17222coll4
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Gift, 1986
- Carter, Jimmy, 1924-
- Civil rights -- Georgia -- Atlanta
- Civil rights movements -- Georgia -- Atlanta -- History -- 20th century
- Education -- Georgia -- Atlanta
- Folk artists -- United States -- 20th century
- Ku Klux Klan, 1915-
- Lewis, John, 1940-2020
- Mayors -- Georgia -- Atlanta
- Neighborhoods -- Georgia -- Atlanta
- Presidential Parkway (Atlanta, Ga.)
- Railroads -- Georgia -- Atlanta
- Williams, Wayne Bertram
- Young, Andrew, 1932-
- Title
- Southwind recordings and scripts
- Author
- Paul Crater
- Date
- January 2019
- Description rules
- Finding Aid Prepared According To Dacs
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- Finding aid is written in English.
Repository Details
Part of the Kenan Research Center at Atlanta History Center Repository