{"613300":{"#nid":"613300","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Using Sports to Understand Our World: The Sports, Society, and Technology Program","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThe iconic image of the 1968 Mexico City Olympic Games depicts two African-American men atop the medal stands, their fists raised in protest against racial injustice.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ELess well-known is the story of Wyomia Tyus, a groundbreaking African-American athlete at those very same games whose own quiet protest in support of her teammates led to an influential life of advocacy for women in sports, and for racial equality.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EGiving life to such stories \u0026mdash; and by doing so leading the conversation on race and gender in sports \u0026mdash; is one of the roles of the\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/hsoc.gatech.edu\/sports\u0022\u003ESports, Society, and Technology program\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;in the\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/hsoc.gatech.edu\/sports\u0022\u003ESchool of History and Sociology\u003C\/a\u003E, a unit of the\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.iac.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003EIvan Allen College of Liberal Arts\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;We want our students to understand the stories that don\u0026rsquo;t really get coverage but are important American or global stories,\u0026rdquo;\u0026nbsp;said\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.iac.gatech.edu\/people\/faculty\/mcdonald\u0022\u003EMary McDonald\u003C\/a\u003E, the Homer C. 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