{"654727":{"#nid":"654727","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Wilson Featured in 60th Anniversary of Black Student Matriculation Banner Campaign","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EGeorgia Tech\u0026rsquo;s first three Black students \u0026mdash; trailblazers Ford C. Greene, Ralph A. Long Jr., and Lawrence Williams \u0026mdash; began taking classes in September 1961. Ronald L. Yancey enrolled a year later, in 1962, and became Tech\u0026rsquo;s first Black graduate in 1965. The 60th anniversary of Black student matriculation at Tech is being celebrated by the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.gtbao.gtalumni.org\/s\/1481\/alumni\/17\/home.aspx?gid=35\u0026amp;pgid=61\u0022\u003EGeorgia Tech Black Alumni Organization (GTBAO)\u003C\/a\u003E and the Institute with a series of banners across campus.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe four-banner series highlights past, present, and future Georgia Tech trailblazers. The four designs feature the trailblazers statue; Joycelyn Wilson, assistant professor in the School of Literature, Media, and Communication; Atlanta mayor and Tech alumnus Andre Dickens; and Ph.D. student De\u0026rsquo;aira Bryant. A total of 24 banners are affixed to light poles across campus and will be on display through the end of May.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe banner celebration is a collaborative effort of the Georgia Tech Alumni Association, GTBAO, and Institute Communications.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Celebratory banners will be on display through end of May. "}],"uid":"36009","created_gmt":"2022-01-24 17:10:06","changed_gmt":"2022-02-04 01:52:24","author":"cwhittle9","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2022-01-24T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2022-01-24T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"655157":{"id":"655157","type":"image","title":"Banner of Joycelyn Wilson in the New Banner Series","body":null,"created":"1643938741","gmt_created":"2022-02-04 01:39:01","changed":"1643938741","gmt_changed":"2022-02-04 01:39:01","alt":"","file":{"fid":"248402","name":"IMG-5905.JPG","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/IMG-5905.JPG","image_full_path":"http:\/\/tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/IMG-5905.JPG","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":2908634,"path_740":"http:\/\/tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/IMG-5905.JPG?itok=wk1g7BXm"}}},"media_ids":["655157"],"related_links":[{"url":"https:\/\/issuu.com\/gtalumni\/docs\/vol97_no2_low_res","title":"60 Years: Celebrating our Past, Continuing our Legacy (p. 92 of Alumni Magazine)"},{"url":"https:\/\/news.gatech.edu\/features\/2018\/09\/trailblazers-struggle-and-promise","title":"Trailblazers: The Struggle and The Promise"}],"groups":[{"id":"648414","name":"_OLD: Ivan Allen College \u0022The Buzz\u0022"},{"id":"1283","name":"School of Literature, Media, and Communication"}],"categories":[{"id":"129","name":"Institute and Campus"}],"keywords":[{"id":"174257","name":"joycelyn wilson"},{"id":"39781","name":"LMC"},{"id":"189784","name":"60th anniversary of Black student matriculation"},{"id":"171933","name":"GTBAO"},{"id":"596","name":"Alumni Association"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[{"id":"71871","name":"Campus and Community"}],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EVictor Rogers\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EInstitute Communications\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["victor.rogers@comm.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}