Object Details
- Adidas
- Description
- Phoenix Suns jersey with team name in Spanglish, 2010
- In solidarity with the Latinx community, the Phoenix Suns basketball team challenged Arizona's new immigration law on the court.
- In 2010 Arizona empowered police to question anyone on their immigration status, in effect targeting any Spanish-speaking person with brown skin. The Phoenix Suns decried the law as a violation of our basic principles of equal rights and protection under the law. In protest, the team played wearing jerseys normally reserved for Noche Latina, game nights begun by the National Basketball Association in 2006 to celebrate Latinx players and fans.
- Credit Line
- Gift of Phoenix Suns
- 2010
- ID Number
- 2010.0088.01
- accession number
- 2010.0088
- catalog number
- 2010.0088.01
- Object Name
- jersey, basketball
- Physical Description
- fabric, polyester (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 37 1/2 in x 23 in; 95.25 cm x 58.42 cm
- See more items in
- Culture and the Arts: Sport and Leisure
- Exhibition
- Entertainment Nation
- Exhibition Location
- National Museum of American History
- National Museum of American History
- name of sport
- Basketball
- Latino history
- Latino
- web subject
- Sports
- level of sport
- Professional
- Record ID
- nmah_1396895
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746ad-4f8b-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
