{"64296":{"#nid":"64296","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Georgia Tech Hosts Negro Leagues Baseball Art Exhibit","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EFrom a painting of future Hall of Fame pitcher Willie Foster\nposing with young admirers to the wood carving commemorating Satchel Paige, the\npieces showcased in the Shades of Greatness exhibit at Georgia Tech weave\ntogether the story of the Negro Leagues of Baseball.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe traveling exhibit, which will be at Georgia Tech until\nMarch 20, is being housed at the Institute\u2019s Library, located at 704 Cherry\nSt., in the Neely Gallery.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe exhibit is free and open to the public. A photo ID is\nrequired for entry into the library. Exhibit hours are Monday through Saturday\nfrom 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Sunday from noon to 5 p.m.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003ECo-sponsored by the steering committee for the yearlong\ncelebration of the 50th\u0026nbsp;anniversary of the matriculation of the\nfirst black students to Tech and the Georgia Tech Athletic Association, the\nexhibit was brought to campus as part of the anniversary celebration.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003E\u201cThis exhibit tells the story of African American history and culture\nthrough baseball,\u201d said Gary May, chair of the steering committee for the 50\u003Csup\u003Eth\u003C\/sup\u003E\nanniversary celebration. \u201cWe hope the art not only educates those who come to\nsee it, but also sparks conversations about everything from this facet of\nbaseball history\u0026nbsp;to the African American sports experience in general to\nlarger issues of race and integration.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003EThe Shades of Greatness exhibit was developed in 2003 by the\nNegro Leagues Baseball Museum in Kansas City, Mo. The museum commissioned\nartists to create 35 works that interpret various themes and stories from Negro\nLeagues history.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003EA special program highlighting the\nexhibit will be held 4 p.m. on March 3 in room 105 of the Smith\nBuilding. The symposium will feature speaker James A. Riley, dean of\nNegro League history.\u0026nbsp;It will also include a panel discussion\nby Douglas Flamming, professor in the School of History, Technology and Society,\nIvan Allen College; Lucius Sanford, executive director of the Letterwinner\nAssociation, Georgia Tech Athletic Association; and Danny Hall, head baseball\ncoach, Georgia Tech Athletic Association.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003EThe panel will be\nmoderated by Eleanor Alexander, associate professor in the School of History,\nTechnology and Society and is sponsored by Georgia Tech\u2019s Ivan\nAllen College of Liberal Arts.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EAs Georgia Tech celebrates the 50th anniversary of the desegregation of campus, the Institute hosts the \u0022Shade of Greatness\u0022 exhibition of art inspired by Negro Leagues Baseball.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"The traveling exhibit,  at Georgia Tech until March 20, is located in the Library\u0027s Neely Gallery."}],"uid":"27462","created_gmt":"2011-02-16 15:35:54","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:08:10","author":"Liz Klipp","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2011-02-16T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2011-02-16T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"64297":{"id":"64297","type":"image","title":"Willie Foster \u0026 Young Fans by Kadir Nelson","body":null,"created":"1449176735","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 21:05:35","changed":"1475894567","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:42:47","alt":"Willie Foster \u0026 Young Fans by Kadir Nelson","file":{"fid":"191986","name":"Nelson--Willie_Foster_and_Young_Fans.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/Nelson--Willie_Foster_and_Young_Fans_0.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/Nelson--Willie_Foster_and_Young_Fans_0.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":294360,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/Nelson--Willie_Foster_and_Young_Fans_0.jpg?itok=PyaA7VQp"}},"64299":{"id":"64299","type":"image","title":"? by Rob Hatem","body":null,"created":"1449176735","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 21:05:35","changed":"1475894567","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:42:47","alt":"? by Rob Hatem","file":{"fid":"191987","name":"Hatem,_Rob-Question_Mark.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/Hatem%2C_Rob-Question_Mark_0.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/Hatem%2C_Rob-Question_Mark_0.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":27043,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/Hatem%2C_Rob-Question_Mark_0.jpg?itok=1H-lG1nf"}}},"media_ids":["64297","64299"],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/www.library.gatech.edu\/about\/directions.php","title":"Library - Directions \u0026 Parking"},{"url":"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/album.php?aid=120255\u0026id=79873932006","title":"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/album.php?..."},{"url":"http:\/\/www.diversity.gatech.edu\/50thanniversary","title":"50th Anniversary website"}],"groups":[{"id":"1183","name":"Home"}],"categories":[{"id":"129","name":"Institute and Campus"}],"keywords":[],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EGeorgia Tech Media Relations\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003ELaura Diamond\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:laura.diamond@comm.gatech.edu\u0022\u003Elaura.diamond@comm.gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E404-894-6016\u003Cbr \/\u003EJason Maderer\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:maderer@gatech.edu\u0022\u003Emaderer@gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E404-660-2926\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["Liz.Klipp@comm.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}