{"50864":{"#nid":"50864","#data":{"type":"event","title":"African American Speaker Series presents Author Ivan J. Houston","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EGeorgia Tech\u0027s African American Speaker Series presents Ivan Houston, a decorated World War II veteran and author of \u0022Black Warriors: The Buffalo Soldiers of World War II.\u0022 A question and answer session will be followed by a book signing and a light reception.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EBased on the personal expereinces of the author, Ivan J. Houston, and the official military journal he maintained for his battalion, this is the riveting story of the first Black combat infanty unit in WWII that fought in Italy for the segregated U.S. Army (and the subject of Spike Lee\u0027s film, \u0022Miracle at St. Anna\u0022). In the book, Houston also reveals the hypocrisy of racism that African Americans faced infighting to free other nations, while their own country still treated them like second class citizens. Houston \u2014 who became a decorated veteran and revered business icon \u2014 is also the great-great grandson of Georgia slaves, Jane and James Houston.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EAlthough not required to attend, as a courtesy please RSVP \u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:steven.henderson@hts.gatech.edu \u0022\u003Esteven.henderson@hts.gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E for seating and reception purposes.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"Georgia Tech\u0027s African American Speaker Series presents Ivan Houston, a decorated World War II veteran and author of \u0022Black Warriors: The Buffalo Soldiers of World War II.\u0022 A question and answer session will be followed by a book signing and a light reception.","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"WWII veteran discusses his book \u0022Black Warriors: The Buffalo Soldiers of World War II\u0022"}],"uid":"27299","created_gmt":"2010-02-08 13:20:13","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 01:49:39","author":"Michael Hagearty","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","field_event_time":{"event_time_start":"2010-02-25T15:00:00-05:00","event_time_end":"2010-02-25T17:00:00-05:00","event_time_end_last":"2010-02-25T17:00:00-05:00","gmt_time_start":"2010-02-25 20:00:00","gmt_time_end":"2010-02-25 22:00:00","gmt_time_end_last":"2010-02-25 22:00:00","rrule":null,"timezone":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/www.blackwarriorsbook.com\/About%20Book.html","title":"\u0022Black Warriors: The Buffalo Soldiers of World War II\u0022"}],"groups":[{"id":"1182","name":"General"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[{"id":"4157","name":"african american"},{"id":"1452","name":"Black History Month"},{"id":"886","name":"blacks WWII"},{"id":"8410","name":"buffalo soldier"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[{"id":"1795","name":"Seminar\/Lecture\/Colloquium"}],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:steven.henderson@hts.gatech.edu\u0022\u003ESteven Henderson\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003ESchool of History, Technology \u0026amp; Society\u003Cbr \/\u003E404-894-3196\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}