Object Details
- Description
- This soccer ball was donated by Luma Mufleh, founder of the Fugees soccer team for refugee children in Clarkston, Georgia. Mufleh formed the team in 2004 in response to the refugee resettlement that brought thousands of refugees from around the globe to Clarkston. Mufleh founded Fugees Academy, the only school in the United States founded to teach refugee children by focusing on soccer and academics. Using soccer, The Fugees overcame anti-immigrant backlash in Georgia. The school helps the students form social connections, practice their English, and develop leadership skills.
- ID Number
- 2015.0251.04
- accession number
- 2015.0251
- catalog number
- 2015.0251.04
- Object Name
- soccer ball
- Physical Description
- synthetic leather (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 10 in; 25.4 cm
- See more items in
- Home and Community Life: Ethnic
- Many Voices, One Nation
- Exhibition
- Many Voices, One Nation
- Exhibition Location
- National Museum of American History
- National Museum of American History
- Subject
- Sports
- Immigration
- Record ID
- nmah_1803962
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746b2-5a53-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
