{"73067":{"#nid":"73067","#data":{"type":"event","title":"Documentary: \u0022Freedom Riders\u0022","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u0022Freedom Riders\u0022 is the first feature-length film about a courageous band of civil rights activist who called themselves the Freedom Riders. They challenged segregation in interstate transport in the American South during the spring and summer of 1961-The same year Georgia Tech Integrated. The attention the movement generated caused the federal government to take down the Jim Crow signs, allowing every American to travel freely.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EFacilitating the discussion will be Georgia Tech alumna\u0026nbsp;Kaitlyn Whiteside, who participated in the \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wgbh\/americanexperience\/freedomriders\/2011\/\u0022\u003E2011 Student Freedom Ride\u003C\/a\u003E, joining some of the original freedom riders as part of an intergenerational conversation about civic engagement.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ENOTE: \u003C\/strong\u003EThere will be two screenings of \u0022Freedom Riders,\u0022 at 11 AM and again at 6 PM.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003EThis activity is part of the\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.diversity.gatech.edu\/MLK-celebration\u0022\u003EGeorgia Tech Martin Luther King Jr. Celebration\u003C\/a\u003E, an initiative led by the Office of Institute Diversity.\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EA screening of the civil rights documentary, followed by discussion with alumna Kaitlyn Whiteside, who was selected to participate in the 2011 Student Freedom Ride, joining some of the original freedom riders as part of an intergenerational conversation about civic engagement.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"A film about these civil rights pioneers, followed by discussion with alumna Kaitlyn Whiteside"}],"uid":"27299","created_gmt":"2011-11-23 16:16:40","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 01:56:41","author":"Michael Hagearty","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","field_event_time":{"event_time_start":"2012-01-17T17:00:00-05:00","event_time_end":"2012-01-17T19:00:00-05:00","event_time_end_last":"2012-01-17T19:00:00-05:00","gmt_time_start":"2012-01-17 22:00:00","gmt_time_end":"2012-01-18 00:00:00","gmt_time_end_last":"2012-01-18 00:00:00","rrule":null,"timezone":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"73064":{"id":"73064","type":"image","title":"2012 Georgia Tech MLK Celebration","body":null,"created":"1449177979","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 21:26:19","changed":"1475894671","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:44:31","alt":"2012 Georgia Tech MLK Celebration","file":{"fid":"193724","name":"b12c2625-mlk_e-vite-photo.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/b12c2625-mlk_e-vite-photo_0.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/b12c2625-mlk_e-vite-photo_0.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":91926,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/b12c2625-mlk_e-vite-photo_0.jpg?itok=U-IIE2sI"}}},"media_ids":["73064"],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wgbh\/americanexperience\/freedomriders\/","title":"American Experience: Freedom Riders"},{"url":"http:\/\/www.diversity.gatech.edu\/","title":"Office of Diversity Programs"}],"groups":[{"id":"1182","name":"General"},{"id":"1281","name":"Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[{"id":"2968","name":"civil rights"},{"id":"736","name":"diversity"},{"id":"3514","name":"documentary"},{"id":"13107","name":"freedom riders"},{"id":"10810","name":"MLK"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:stephanie.ray@vpss.gatech.edu\u0022\u003EStephanie Ray\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EOffice of Diversity Programs\u003Cbr \/\u003E404-894-2561\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}