{"201391":{"#nid":"201391","#data":{"type":"event","title":"Charlayne Hunter-Gault - From Jim Crow America to Apartheid South Africa and Beyond: An Activist Journalist\u0027s Journey","body":[{"value":"\u003Ch3\u003ECharlayne Hunter-Gault: \u0022From Jim Crow America to Apartheid South Africa \u0026amp; Beyond: An Activist Journalist\u0027s Journey\u0022\u003C\/h3\u003E\u003Cp\u003EJournalist and author, Charlayne Hunter-Gault, describes her historic entry into the University of Georgia as its first black woman student and the road she took through Jim Crow South to get there. She chronicles her rise from there to the top of her profession and the stories she covered along the way. This includes South Africa and its \u0022Jim Crow\u0022 like system of apartheid, the victory of its people over the system, and where that has taken them and the continent.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ELocation: \u0026nbsp;\u003Cstrong\u003EStudent Center Theater\u003C\/strong\u003E in the Georgia Tech Student Center\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EDay\/Time: \u0026nbsp;\u003Cstrong\u003EWednesday, April 3, 3:00-4:00pm\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EMs. Hunter-Gault\u0027s talk is brought to campus by Georgia Tech, the Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts, the Ivan Allen Institute for Advanced Studies. \u0026nbsp;She will also take part in the Allen Prize Symposium from 9:00am-12:00pm on April 4 at The Biltmore as part of events for the presentation of the Ivan Allen Jr. Prize for Social Courage to The Honorable John Lewis.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EAs one of television\u2019s premier journalists, Charlayne Hunter-Gault has made a success of challenging convention with her fresh insights on issues both close to home and of global impact.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EAs CNN\u2019s former Johannesburg bureau chief and correspondent, Hunter-Gault introduced viewers to the people of the diverse continent of Africa, a country she once called \u201cone of the greatest challenges that we in the media face.\u201d She spent 20 years at PBS, as national correspondent for \u003Cem\u003EThe NewsHour with Jim Lehrer\u003C\/em\u003E, where she also anchored the award-winning newsmagazine on human rights, \u003Cem\u003ERights and Wrongs\u003C\/em\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EHunter-Gault is the author of \u003Cem\u003ENew News Out of Africa: Uncovering Africa\u2019s Renaissance\u003C\/em\u003E and \u003Cem\u003EIn My Place\u003C\/em\u003E, a memoir of her role in the civil rights movement as the first black woman admitted to the University of Georgia. Her latest book is \u003Cem\u003ETo the Mountaintop: My Journey Through the Civil Rights Movement\u003C\/em\u003E, a retrospective of her involvement with the movement, complete with photographs and original articles from \u003Cem\u003EThe New York Times\u003C\/em\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EHunter-Gault began her career as the first African American reporter for \u003Cem\u003EThe New Yorker\u003C\/em\u003E. A writer known for her \u201cpeople-centered\u201d journalism, she went on to serve as the Harlem Bureau Chief for \u003Cem\u003EThe New York Times\u003C\/em\u003E and has written articles for \u003Cem\u003EEssence\u003C\/em\u003E, \u003Cem\u003EMs.\u003C\/em\u003E, \u003Cem\u003ELife\u003C\/em\u003E, and \u003Cem\u003EO, The Oprah Magazine\u003C\/em\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe recipient of numerous honors, including two Emmy Awards and two Peabody Awards, she writes with the highest standards of objectivity and truth, touching on topics ranging from the life of a 12-year-old heroin addict to the invasion of Grenada and the impact of apartheid in South Africa.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EJournalist and author, Charlayne Hunter-Gault, describes her historic entry into the University of Georgia as its first black woman student and the road she took through Jim Crow South to get there. She chronicles her rise from there to the top of her profession and the stories she covered along the way. This includes South Africa and its \u0022Jim Crow\u0022 like system of apartheid, the victory of its people over the system, and where that has taken them and the continent.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"27167","created_gmt":"2013-03-21 13:27:12","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 02:03:00","author":"Rebecca Keane","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","field_event_time":{"event_time_start":"2013-04-03T16:00:00-04:00","event_time_end":"2013-04-03T17:00:00-04:00","event_time_end_last":"2013-04-03T17:00:00-04:00","gmt_time_start":"2013-04-03 20:00:00","gmt_time_end":"2013-04-03 21:00:00","gmt_time_end_last":"2013-04-03 21:00:00","rrule":null,"timezone":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"201361":{"id":"201361","type":"image","title":"Charlayne Hunter-Gault","body":null,"created":"1449179943","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 21:59:03","changed":"1475894856","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:47:36","alt":"Charlayne Hunter-Gault","file":{"fid":"196586","name":"hunter_gault.png","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/hunter_gault_0.png","image_full_path":"http:\/\/tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/hunter_gault_0.png","mime":"image\/png","size":23085,"path_740":"http:\/\/tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/hunter_gault_0.png?itok=g2fQkocu"}}},"media_ids":["201361"],"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":"62281","name":"apartheid"},{"id":"62261","name":"Charlayne Hunter-Gault"},{"id":"62271","name":"Jim Crow"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[{"id":"1795","name":"Seminar\/Lecture\/Colloquium"}],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:rebecca.keane@iac.gatech.edu\u0022\u003Erebecca.keane@iac.gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E \u0026nbsp; 404-894-1720\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}