{"623193":{"#nid":"623193","#data":{"type":"external_news","title":"Amid Proposed MARTA Name Changes, A Look At The History And Cultural Importance Of \u0027Bankhead\u0027","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EGeorgia Tech School of Literature, Media, and Communication\u0026nbsp;Assistant Professor\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.iac.gatech.edu\/people\/faculty\/wilson_3\u0022\u003EJoycelyn Wilson\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;was interviewed in\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.gpbnews.org\/post\/yea-or-neigh-old-town-road-2019s-song-summer\u0022\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.gpbnews.org\/post\/amid-proposed-marta-name-changes-look-history-and-cultural-importance-bankhead?fbclid=IwAR1Qvdd2WQnGY18SKTvEp1cyxd817M-5gFHF8RxD_fRrLQfvozai5r0Fgak\u0022\u003E\u0026quot;Amid Proposed MARTA Name Changes, A Look At The History And Cultural Importance Of \u0026#39;Bankhead\u0026#39;\u0026quot;\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;by\u0026nbsp;\u003Cem\u003EGeorgia Public Broadcasting,\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/em\u003EJuly 10.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EExcerpt:\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cblockquote\u003E\r\n\u003Cp\u003EMARTA is considering renaming five train stations in Atlanta. It\u0026#39;s an effort to keep up with changes in the city and to reflect surrounding neighborhoods.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EOne station proposed to be re-christened: Bankhead. The area was named after the highway that ran through it, which was in turn named after an Alabama family. But the Bankhead name is perhaps more closely associated with the torrent of rap and hip hop that grew from Atlanta\u0026#39;s Westside and nearby neighborhoods. So, what\u0026#39;s in the name \u0026quot;Bankhead\u0026quot;?\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\u003C\/blockquote\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/lmc.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003EThe School of Literature, Media, and Communication\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;is a unit of\u0026nbsp;Georgia Tech\u0026#39;s\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\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.gpbnews.org\/post\/amid-proposed-marta-name-changes-look-history-and-cultural-importance-bankhead?fbclid=IwAR1Qvdd2WQnGY18SKTvEp1cyxd817M-5gFHF8RxD_fRrLQfvozai5r0Fgak\u0022\u003ERead the full article.\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"34559","created_gmt":"2019-07-10 23:00:43","changed_gmt":"2019-07-10 23:01:02","author":"pdemerritt3","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","publication":"Whistle Bistro","field_article_url":"","publication_url":"https:\/\/www.gpbnews.org\/post\/amid-proposed-marta-name-changes-look-history-and-cultural-importance-bankhead?fbclid=IwAR1Qvdd2WQnGY18SKTvEp1cyxd817M-5gFHF8RxD_fRrLQfvozai5r0Fgak","dateline":{"date":"2019-07-10T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2019-07-10T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"618452":{"id":"618452","type":"image","title":"Joycelyn Wilson","body":null,"created":"1551189983","gmt_created":"2019-02-26 14:06:23","changed":"1551189983","gmt_changed":"2019-02-26 14:06:23","alt":"Joycelyn Wilson","file":{"fid":"235401","name":"19c10302-p76-100.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/19c10302-p76-100.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/19c10302-p76-100.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":479729,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/19c10302-p76-100.jpg?itok=kLL-YXfg"}}},"media_ids":["618452"],"groups":[{"id":"1281","name":"Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts"},{"id":"1283","name":"School of Literature, Media, and Communication"}],"categories":[{"id":"151","name":"Policy, Social Sciences, and Liberal Arts"}],"keywords":[{"id":"174257","name":"joycelyn wilson"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}