{"648254":{"#nid":"648254","#data":{"type":"news","title":"HSOC Faculty in the News: Douglas Flamming Featured in Easy Reader","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/iac.gatech.edu\/people\/person\/douglas-flamming\u0022\u003EDouglas Flamming\u003C\/a\u003E, professor in the School of History and Sociology, was quoted in the article, \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/easyreadernews.com\/the-second-life-of-bruces-beach\/\u0022\u003E\u0026ldquo;The Second Life of Bruce\u0026rsquo;s Beach,\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/a\u003E published on June 9, 2021, in\u0026nbsp;\u003Cem\u003EEasy Reader\u003C\/em\u003E.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe article explores the history of Bruce\u0026rsquo;s Beach, oceanfront land in Manhattan Beach, California, that was bought by a Black family \u0026ndash; the Bruce family \u0026ndash;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;in 1912, and their loss of the land through the City of Manhattan Beach\u0026rsquo;s racially motivated use of eminent domain in 1927.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EExcerpt:\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cblockquote\u003E\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;Black Los Angeles, or at least its leaders and its boosters, embraced the notion of the West as a land of opportunity,\u0026rdquo; Flamming said. \u0026ldquo;Although we don\u0026rsquo;t think of LA much as the West now, it certainly was a Western city then. People talked about it as such, people praised it as such, with the idea that the West was that last best chance, an open place for opportunity.\u0026rdquo;\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\u003C\/blockquote\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003EThe School of History and Sociology seeks to explore the past, engage the present, and define the future. Connect with us on \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/TechHSOC\/\u0022\u003EFacebook\u003C\/a\u003E, \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/twitter.com\/techhsoc\u0022\u003ETwitter\u003C\/a\u003E, \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/techhsoc\/\u0022\u003EInstagram\u003C\/a\u003E,\u0026nbsp;and \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/school\/hsoc-gatech\/\u0022\u003ELinkedIn\u003C\/a\u003E to keep up with our students, \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/hsoc.gatech.edu\/news\u0022\u003Eschool news,\u003C\/a\u003E and \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/hsoc.gatech.edu\/events\u0022\u003Eupcoming events\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Professor Flamming was quoted extensively in an article about the racially motivated use of eminent domain at Bruce\u0027s Beach in L.A. in 1927.  "}],"uid":"35766","created_gmt":"2021-06-21 14:06:27","changed_gmt":"2021-06-21 18:35:25","author":"dminardi3","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2021-06-21T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2021-06-21T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"648255":{"id":"648255","type":"image","title":"Manhattan Beach","body":null,"created":"1624284502","gmt_created":"2021-06-21 14:08:22","changed":"1624284502","gmt_changed":"2021-06-21 14:08:22","alt":"Wide shot of Manhattan Beach in LA, with palm trees, the pier, dark blue ocean and lighter blue sky","file":{"fid":"246086","name":"16 x 9 Aspect Ratio (4).png","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/16%20x%209%20Aspect%20Ratio%20%284%29.png","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/16%20x%209%20Aspect%20Ratio%20%284%29.png","mime":"image\/png","size":866080,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/16%20x%209%20Aspect%20Ratio%20%284%29.png?itok=92svg8Sf"}}},"media_ids":["648255"],"groups":[{"id":"1288","name":"School of History and Sociology"}],"categories":[{"id":"134","name":"Student and Faculty"}],"keywords":[],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}