{"615966":{"#nid":"615966","#data":{"type":"event","title":"Black in Blue Documentary Screening","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EScreening of documentary\u0026nbsp;\u003Cem\u003EBlack in Blue\u003C\/em\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nWednesday, January 23 at 7:30 pm\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nGeorgia Tech\u0026rsquo;s Global Learning Center, Room 236\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EFifty years ago, every athlete in every sport at every school in the Southeastern Conference was white. That changed when then Assistant Kentucky Coach Homer Rice recruited Greg Page, who became the first African American ever signed to play football in the SEC. While Page died tragically in a football-related accident in the fall of 1967, Nate Northington trotted onto the field as a University of Kentucky varsity football player against Ole Miss. Since that time, tens of thousands of African Americans have followed Greg, Nate, and teammates Houston Hogg and Wilbur Hackett, dramatically improving athletic competition ... and life in the American South. This is the story told in a new film directed by Academy Award-winning filmmaker Paul Wagner and produced by former Kentucky quarterback Paul Karem.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EA panel will follow the screening and will feature:\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cul\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003EPaul Wagner, the filmmaker\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003EPaul Karem, former University of Kentucky quarterback\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003EMel Page, brother of Greg Page, the first African-American signed to play football at\u0026nbsp;Kentucky and in the SEC\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003EHomer C. Rice, former Georgia Tech Athletic Director and former Kentucky Assistant\u0026nbsp;Football Coach\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\u003C\/ul\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThis is another feature\u0026nbsp;event sponsored by the Ivan Allen College of Liberal Art\u0026rsquo;s Sports, Society, and Technology Program (SST).\u0026nbsp;Through\u0026nbsp;\u003Cem\u003EBlack in Blue\u003C\/em\u003E\u0026nbsp;and similar events SST\u0026nbsp;seeks to broaden awareness of compelling sports-related experiences and stories, particularly as they relate to social change. The Georgia Tech Athletic Association is a co-sponsor of this screening and panel.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EPlease join us! This screening of\u0026nbsp;\u003Cem\u003EBlack in Blue\u003C\/em\u003E\u0026nbsp;and post film panel is free and open to the public, however seating is limited.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EParking: Pay parking is available in the Georgia Tech Hotel and Conference Center garage, which is adjacent to the Global Learning Center.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"The Sports, Society, and Technology Program at Georgia Tech will be sponsoring the screening of Black in Blue, a documentary about the desegregation of SEC football on January 23 at 7:30 in the Global Learning Center."}],"uid":"33693","created_gmt":"2019-01-07 03:18:45","changed_gmt":"2019-01-09 19:15:54","author":"Kayleigh Haskin","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","field_event_time":{"event_time_start":"2019-01-23T19:30:00-05:00","event_time_end":"2019-01-23T21:30:00-05:00","event_time_end_last":"2019-01-23T21:30:00-05:00","gmt_time_start":"2019-01-24 00:30:00","gmt_time_end":"2019-01-24 02:30:00","gmt_time_end_last":"2019-01-24 02:30:00","rrule":null,"timezone":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"615964":{"id":"615964","type":"image","title":"Black in Blue Film","body":null,"created":"1546830880","gmt_created":"2019-01-07 03:14:40","changed":"1546830951","gmt_changed":"2019-01-07 03:15:51","alt":"Flyer for the Black and Blue film screening","file":{"fid":"234467","name":"blackinblueflyer-XX.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/blackinblueflyer-XX.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/blackinblueflyer-XX.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":803481,"path_740":"http:\/\/tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/blackinblueflyer-XX.jpg?itok=hKcikNeU"}}},"media_ids":["615964"],"groups":[{"id":"473211","name":"_OLD: School of History and Sociology Student Blog"},{"id":"1281","name":"Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts"},{"id":"1288","name":"School of History and Sociology"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[{"id":"166849","name":"HSOC Blog"},{"id":"166958","name":"speakers and events"}],"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":""}}}