{"435611":{"#nid":"435611","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Remembering Julian Bond, an Advocate for Civil Rights and Higher Education","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EInstitute Diversity is saddened by the passing of Julian Bond, an advocate for civil rights and higher education.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cAnother major icon of the modern Civil Rights Movement is gone,\u201d said Archie Ervin, vice president of Institute Diversity. \u201cEven though we have progressed enormously in the past 50 years, we, as a society, still have work to do, evolving from civil to human rights.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EGeorgia Tech was honored to have Bond as the keynote speaker at this year\u2019s Martin Luther King, Jr. Celebration. As Bond stated in his lecture, \u201cThere needs to be a constantly growing and reviving activist, progressive movement across America if we are to maintain and expand the victories we\u2019ve won. Sometimes the simplest of acts\u2014sitting at a lunch counter, going to a new school, and applying for a marriage license\u2014can challenge the way we think and act.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ETo view his lecture at Georgia Tech earlier this year, please visit \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/youtu.be\/mz7jAl51ss0\u0022\u003Ehttps:\/\/youtu.be\/mz7jAl51ss0\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Institute Diversity is saddened by the passing of Julian Bond, an advocate for civil rights and higher education."}],"uid":"27465","created_gmt":"2015-08-17 18:16:30","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:19:22","author":"Annette Filliat","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2015-08-17T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2015-08-17T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"435631":{"id":"435631","type":"image","title":"Remembering Julian Bond, an Advocate for Civil Rights and Higher Education","body":null,"created":"1449256162","gmt_created":"2015-12-04 19:09:22","changed":"1475895174","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:52:54","alt":"Remembering Julian Bond, an Advocate for Civil Rights and Higher Education","file":{"fid":"202982","name":"julian_bond.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/julian_bond_0.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/julian_bond_0.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":4452697,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/julian_bond_0.jpg?itok=KkzHpXxc"}}},"media_ids":["435631"],"groups":[{"id":"1313","name":"Institute Diversity"}],"categories":[{"id":"133","name":"Special Events and Guest Speakers"}],"keywords":[{"id":"2968","name":"civil rights"},{"id":"4806","name":"human rights"},{"id":"9171","name":"institute diversity"},{"id":"138131","name":"Julian Bond"},{"id":"10810","name":"MLK"}],"core_research_areas":[{"id":"39501","name":"People and Technology"}],"news_room_topics":[{"id":"71871","name":"Campus and Community"},{"id":"71901","name":"Society and Culture"}],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EAnnette Filliat\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ECommunications Manager\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EInstitute Diversity\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:annette.filliat@gatech.edu\u0022\u003Eannette.filliat@gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["annette.filliat@gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}