{"69304":{"#nid":"69304","#data":{"type":"event","title":"Andrew Young Plenary Lecture","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EFormer Atlanta mayor Andrew Young will address freshmen students as part of the Freshman Reading Project. While the event is free of charge, tickets are required and will be available for pickup at the Ferst Center box office and at the Clough Commons desk on the second floor.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThis year, freshmen were asked to read Dr. Martin Luther King\u0027s \u003Cem\u003EI Have a Dream: Writings and Speeches that Changed the World\u003C\/em\u003E, chosen in conjunction with the celebration of the 50th anniversary of the matriculation of black students at Georgia Tech, and as a shared literary experience for incoming students.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EYoung, a friend and supporter of King, was a member of the Southern Christian Leadership Convention during the 1960s Civil Rights Movement. He was elected mayor of Atlanta in 1981 and is noted for increasing minority-owned businesses and scholarship programs for Atlanta Public Schools graduates. Young served two terms as Atlanta mayor.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EOther events will take place throughout the semester that correlate with the\u0026nbsp;\u003Cem\u003EI Have a Dream \u003C\/em\u003Ereading; check the \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.success.gatech.edu\/2011-freshman-reading\u0022\u003EFreshman Reading Project page\u003C\/a\u003E for updated event listings and details.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EFormer Atlanta mayor Andrew Young will address freshmen students as part of the Freshman Reading Project.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Andrew Young will address freshmen students as part of the Freshman Reading Project."}],"uid":"27469","created_gmt":"2011-08-15 10:44:03","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 01:55:22","author":"Kristen Bailey","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","field_event_time":{"event_time_start":"2011-10-11T12:00:00-04:00","event_time_end":"2011-10-11T13:00:00-04:00","event_time_end_last":"2011-10-11T13:00:00-04:00","gmt_time_start":"2011-10-11 16:00:00","gmt_time_end":"2011-10-11 17:00:00","gmt_time_end_last":"2011-10-11 17:00:00","rrule":null,"timezone":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"68704":{"id":"68704","type":"image","title":"I Have a Dream: Writings and Speeches That Changed the World","body":null,"created":"1449177201","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 21:13:21","changed":"1475894597","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:43:17","alt":"I Have a Dream: Writings and Speeches That Changed the World","file":{"fid":"193340","name":"ihavedream_cover_web.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/ihavedream_cover_web_0.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/ihavedream_cover_web_0.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":307369,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/ihavedream_cover_web_0.jpg?itok=V8cybJ92"}}},"media_ids":["68704"],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/www.success.gatech.edu\/2011-freshman-reading","title":"Freshman Reading Project"},{"url":"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Andrew_Young","title":"About Andrew Young"}],"groups":[],"categories":[],"keywords":[{"id":"11476","name":"Andrew Young"},{"id":"13593","name":"center for academic success"},{"id":"13592","name":"freshman reading project"},{"id":"14000","name":"i have a dream"},{"id":"11586","name":"martin luther king"}],"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.girardot@gatech.edu\u0022\u003ESteven Girardot\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003ECenter for Academic Success\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}