{"491521":{"#nid":"491521","#data":{"type":"event","title":"\u201cIvan Allen Jr. -\u2500 A Different Road\u201d Documentary about the GT Alumnus and College Namesake Airs on GPB February 4","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EJust in time for Georgia Tech\u2019s February presentation of the Ivan Allen Jr. Prize for Social Courage, Georgia Public Broadcasting (GPB) will rebroadcast the original documentary \u201cIvan Allen, Jr. \u2500 A Different Road.\u201d Scheduled for February 4, at 8 p.m., the program presents a multifaceted portrait of the Georgia Tech alumnus (Commerce 1933), focusing on his eight years of leadership as mayor of Atlanta during the critical transitional years between 1962 and 1970.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EProduced by Living Stories and broadcast as part of Georgia Public Broadcasting\u2019s Georgia Greats series, the Ivan Allen, Jr. film premiered in June of 2015.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EAllen was already a leader when he was a student here in the early 1930\u2019s. He served as student body president and was involved in many other campus organizations, and led the first student protest at Tech, a march on the capitol to protest the demise of a program. During his time as mayor, he broke racial barriers attempting to implement the public accommodation for African Americans and was the only elected leader from the South to testify in Congress in favor of civil rights legislation in 1963. A gifted businessman and innovator, Allen is credited with leading the biggest economic boom in Atlanta\u2019s history and building Atlanta\u2019s modern profile as the premier city of the South. Allen said, \u201cHe came late to his liberalism\u201d and the documentary shows his stumbles as well as his successes as he navigated the intense social change that affected him and his beloved city on every possible level.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EGeorgia Tech\u2019s Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts is named for Mayor Allen and stewards his legacy of transformative urban leadership grounded in courage, compassion, and human justice. Read more at\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.iac.gatech.edu\/about\/overview\/legacy\u0022\u003Ehttp:\/\/www.iac.gatech.edu\/about\/overview\/legacy\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe Institute will present the Ivan Allen Jr. Prize for Social Courage to humanitarian activist Nancy Parrish during symposia and an awards luncheon on February 18.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EJust in time for Georgia Tech\u2019s February presentation of the Ivan Allen Jr. Prize for Social Courage, Georgia Public Broadcasting (GPB) will rebroadcast the original documentary \u0022Ivan Allen, Jr. - A Different Road.\u0022 Scheduled for February 4, at 8:00 PM, the program presents a multifaceted portrait of the Georgia Tech alumnus (Commerce 1933), focusing on his eight years of leadership as mayor of Atlanta during the critical transitional years between 1962 and 1970.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EWatch the film trailer below.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"\u201cIvan Allen Jr. -\u2500 A Different Road\u201d will be broadcast on February 4, at 8:00 p.m. on GPB"}],"uid":"27167","created_gmt":"2016-01-27 12:08:08","changed_gmt":"2017-04-13 21:16:54","author":"Rebecca Keane","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","field_event_time":{"event_time_start":"2016-02-04T19:00:00-05:00","event_time_end":"2016-02-04T20:00:00-05:00","event_time_end_last":"2016-02-04T20:00:00-05:00","gmt_time_start":"2016-02-05 00:00:00","gmt_time_end":"2016-02-05 01:00:00","gmt_time_end_last":"2016-02-05 01:00:00","rrule":null,"timezone":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"410701":{"id":"410701","type":"image","title":"Ivan Allen, Jr. - A Different Road","body":null,"created":"1449254204","gmt_created":"2015-12-04 18:36:44","changed":"1475895139","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:52:19","alt":"Ivan Allen, Jr. - A Different Road","file":{"fid":"202273","name":"ivan-allen-banner.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/ivan-allen-banner_1.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/ivan-allen-banner_1.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":109210,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/ivan-allen-banner_1.jpg?itok=_mTsmYQh"}},"491621":{"id":"491621","type":"image","title":"Ivan Allen Documentary Flyer","body":null,"created":"1454009867","gmt_created":"2016-01-28 19:37:47","changed":"1475895248","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:54:08","alt":"Ivan Allen Documentary Flyer","file":{"fid":"204464","name":"iadoc_flyer_feb4_0.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/iadoc_flyer_feb4_0_0.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/iadoc_flyer_feb4_0_0.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":1302805,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/iadoc_flyer_feb4_0_0.jpg?itok=oqVqyTqT"}}},"media_ids":["410701","491621"],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/ivanallendoc.com\/","title":"Ivan Allen, Jr. Documentary Website"},{"url":"http:\/\/iac.gatech.edu\/about\/overview\/legacy","title":"Ivan Allen Legacy at Georgia Tech"},{"url":"http:\/\/ivanallenprize.gatech.edu\/","title":"Ivan Allen Jr Prize for Social Courage"}],"groups":[{"id":"1281","name":"Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts"},{"id":"1282","name":"School of Economics"},{"id":"1283","name":"School of Literature, Media, and Communication"},{"id":"1284","name":"School of Modern Languages"},{"id":"1285","name":"Sam Nunn School of International Affairs"},{"id":"1288","name":"School of History and Sociology"},{"id":"1289","name":"School of Public Policy"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[{"id":"3514","name":"documentary"},{"id":"2402","name":"film"},{"id":"10214","name":"Ivan Allen Jr."}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[{"id":"1788","name":"Other\/Miscellaneous"}],"invited_audience":[{"id":"78751","name":"Undergraduate students"},{"id":"78761","name":"Faculty\/Staff"},{"id":"78771","name":"Public"},{"id":"174045","name":"Graduate students"}],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ERebecca Keane\u003Cbr \/\u003EDirector of Communications\u003Cbr \/\u003E404.894.1720\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:rebecca.keane@iac.gatech.edu\u0022\u003Erebecca.keane@iac.gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}