{"625659":{"#nid":"625659","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Trailblazers: The Struggle and the Promise","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EOn September 4, Georgia Tech dedicated a sculpture series commemorating the first three African American matriculants and the first African American graduate of the Institute.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EJust one year ago, Provost Rafael L. Bras, armed with an idea and funding from Georgia Tech alumnus Francis S. \u0026ldquo;Bo\u0026rdquo; Godbold, IE 1965, began to think of a sculpture concept that would bring the journey of the four men to life.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Ch4\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/news.gatech.edu\/features\/trailblazers-struggle-and-promise\u0022\u003ERead the story behind the sculptures\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/h4\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EOn September 4, Georgia Tech dedicated a sculpture series commemorating the first three African American matriculants and the first African American graduate of the Institute.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"On September 4, Georgia Tech dedicated a sculpture series commemorating the first three African American matriculants and the first African American graduate of the Institute. "}],"uid":"27469","created_gmt":"2019-09-05 14:01:08","changed_gmt":"2019-09-05 14:05:25","author":"Kristen Bailey","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2019-09-05T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2019-09-05T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"625660":{"id":"625660","type":"image","title":"Making of Trailblazers","body":null,"created":"1567692311","gmt_created":"2019-09-05 14:05:11","changed":"1567692311","gmt_changed":"2019-09-05 14:05:11","alt":"Martin Dawe in his studio working on the The Three Pioneers and The First Graduate","file":{"fid":"238187","name":"dawe-studio.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/dawe-studio.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/dawe-studio.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":501340,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/dawe-studio.jpg?itok=bZzvnf9y"}}},"media_ids":["625660"],"related_links":[{"url":"https:\/\/news.gatech.edu\/features\/trailblazers-struggle-and-promise","title":"Read the story behind the sculptures"},{"url":"https:\/\/www.news.gatech.edu\/2019\/09\/05\/diversity-symposium-celebrates-trailblazers","title":"Read coverage from the 2019 Diversity Symposium and Trailblazers unveiling event"}],"groups":[{"id":"1317","name":"News Briefs"}],"categories":[{"id":"129","name":"Institute and Campus"}],"keywords":[{"id":"736","name":"diversity"},{"id":"9171","name":"institute diversity"},{"id":"64641","name":"arts@tech"},{"id":"14997","name":"trailblazers"},{"id":"171274","name":"sculptures"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[{"id":"71871","name":"Campus and Community"}],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:courtney.hill@gatech.edu\u0022\u003ECourtney Hill\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EInstitute Diversity\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}