Description

This recording opens with singer Bessie Jones' rendition of "Preachin the Blues" and an introduction of the program by Boyd Lewis. The first segment, which begins at 1:17, is feature about the beating, hanging and murder of Michael Donald on March 21, 1981, in Mobile, Alabama. The program includes audio excerpts from interviews of Mobile NAACP President Dr. Robert Gilliard, Mobile mayor Robert Doyle Jr., Reverend Strother Packer, Mobile resident Ed Pool, unidentified friends of Michael Donald, and B.J. Hayes, a member of the Ku Klux Klan. The second segment, which begiins at 15:04, is a feature about sailing in Norfolk, Virginia reported by Chris Dickon from radio station WHRO in Norfolk. The third segment, which begins at 22:00, is about Walter Blanchard, a fiddle maker in Jonesboro, Arkansas, reported by Barbara Nellis from radio station KASU in Jonesboro. 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.

Record Contributed By

Atlanta History Center

Record Harvested From

Digital Library of Georgia