{"656097":{"#nid":"656097","#data":{"type":"event","title":" Revisiting and Archiving Civil Rights and Atlanta in the 1960s: Introducing the Mayor Ivan Allen Digital Archive ","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.eventbrite.com\/e\/revisiting-and-archiving-civil-rights-and-atlanta-in-the-1960s-tickets-265242807377\u0022\u003ERegister For This Event\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EAs Atlanta\u0026rsquo;s mayor from 1962-1970, Ivan Allen Jr. oversaw a city undergoing tremendous political, social, and economic change, and helped put Atlanta on a path toward becoming the international metropolis it is today. In this 60th anniversary year of Allen\u0026rsquo;s election, we will look back upon our recent past and consider the crucial importance of archives for documenting Atlanta residents\u0026rsquo; experiences in broadly inclusive ways.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EAllen\u0026rsquo;s mayoral papers were digitized in 2016 and have now been made available to the public through an online portal that features an NEH-funded, custom-built search interface \u0026ndash; but viewing these official records raises important questions about whose experiences and points of view are most often prioritized and preserved for posterity.\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EThis one-day symposium will formally introduce the Mayor Ivan Allen Digital Archive, while at the same time exploring the intersection of archives, Atlanta history, and art. The sessions will showcase\u0026nbsp;how communities are preserving their experiences in ways that encourage us to creatively think about the future of archives. \u0026nbsp;\u003C\/strong\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe program will include panels on Atlanta community-archival partnerships and the Legacy Makers\u0026rsquo; project to commemorate the Ivan Allen and Maynard Jackson mayoralties, along with keynote lectures by artist\/computer scientist Brian Foo and historian Tomiko Brown-Nagin, author of a newly released biography on Constance Baker Motley who successfully prosecuted the first test case of the 1964 Civil Rights Act right here in Atlanta against Lester Maddox\u0026rsquo;s Pickrick Restaurant.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Attend this day-long symposium and celebration of Ivan Allen Jr.\u0027s legacy as Atlanta\u0027s mayor in a new digital exhibit."}],"uid":"35963","created_gmt":"2022-03-08 02:08:53","changed_gmt":"2022-03-08 21:23:41","author":"kpetty30","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","field_event_time":{"event_time_start":"2022-04-08T10:30:00-04:00","event_time_end":"2022-04-08T18:30:00-04:00","event_time_end_last":"2022-04-08T18:30:00-04:00","gmt_time_start":"2022-04-08 14:30:00","gmt_time_end":"2022-04-08 22:30:00","gmt_time_end_last":"2022-04-08 22:30:00","rrule":null,"timezone":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"656098":{"id":"656098","type":"image","title":"Ivan Allen Digital Archive","body":null,"created":"1646705584","gmt_created":"2022-03-08 02:13:04","changed":"1646705584","gmt_changed":"2022-03-08 02:13:04","alt":"","file":{"fid":"248727","name":"IADA April 8 event Save the Date.png","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/IADA%20April%208%20event%20Save%20the%20Date.png","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/IADA%20April%208%20event%20Save%20the%20Date.png","mime":"image\/png","size":1669041,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/IADA%20April%208%20event%20Save%20the%20Date.png?itok=B1C8qhE2"}}},"media_ids":["656098"],"groups":[{"id":"1281","name":"Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts"},{"id":"1288","name":"School of History and Sociology"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[{"id":"78761","name":"Faculty\/Staff"},{"id":"177814","name":"Postdoc"},{"id":"78771","name":"Public"},{"id":"174045","name":"Graduate students"},{"id":"78751","name":"Undergraduate students"}],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}