{"693144":{"#nid":"693144","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Soccer and Civil Rights Museum\u2019s Soccer Exhibit Powered by Georgia Tech Expert\u2019s Insights","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EBowman\u0027s Expertise Powers Soccer and Civil Rights Museum\u2019s Soccer Exhibit\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003ETo learn more about Nunn School Professor and Regents\u0027 Entrepreneur Kirk Bowman\u0027s work on the exhibit, \u003C\/em\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=JFMHipPMFSI\u0022\u003E\u003Cem\u003Ewatch a video\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cem\u003E of Bowman and National Center for Civil and Human Rights curator Daniel Fuller discussing the exhibit. You can also read more \u003C\/em\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/iac.gatech.edu\/featured-news\/2026\/10\/soccer-civil-rights-exhibit\u0022\u003E\u003Cem\u003Ehere\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cem\u003E.\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EKirk Bowman, professor and Regents\u2019 Entrepreneur in the Sam Nunn School of International Affairs, served as the sole academic consultant for \u0022The People\u0027s Game: Soccer and Human Rights,\u0022 an exhibit on display at Atlanta\u2019s National Center for Civil and Human Rights through June 2027.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe exhibit tells the story of soccer programs and fans from around the world and how they have interacted for good, from Brazilian soccer players who served as a catalyst for democratic reform in Brazil to fans who rallied around Afghan women soccer players after the Taliban took over and disbanded the club to Atlanta\u2019s own Soccer in the Streets \u2014 a non-profit that provides opportunities and mentorship to disadvantaged youth through soccer.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cAs a college professor, this is a dream come true,\u201d said \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/iac.gatech.edu\/people\/person\/kirk-bowman\u0022\u003EBowman\u003C\/a\u003E. \u201cIt\u2019s probably the single biggest impact my work will ever have.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":"","format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ENunn School Professor Kirk Bowman provided the academic expertise for the exhibit at the National Center for Civil and Human Rights.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Nunn School Professor Kirk Bowman provided the academic expertise for the exhibit at the National Center for Civil and Human Rights."}],"uid":"34600","created_gmt":"2026-10-08 14:26:38","changed_gmt":"2026-10-08 14:54:07","author":"mpearson34","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","location":"Atlanta, GA","dateline":{"date":"2026-10-08T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2026-10-08T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"681383":{"id":"681383","type":"image","title":"Kirk Fuller and Kirk Bowman","body":"\u003Cp\u003EKirk Fuller, left, director of curation at the National Center for Civil and Human rights and Kirk Bowman, professor and Regents\u0027 Entrepreneur in the Sam Nunn School of International Affairs, collaborated on a year-long museum exhibit about soccer and civil rights.\u003C\/p\u003E","created":"1791470750","gmt_created":"2026-10-08 14:45:50","changed":"1791470750","gmt_changed":"2026-10-08 14:45:50","alt":"Two men stand in front of a soccer-ball shaped exhibit at the National Center for Civil and Human Rights.","file":{"fid":"265764","name":"soccer-exhibit-image.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/2026\/10\/08\/soccer-exhibit-image.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/2026\/10\/08\/soccer-exhibit-image.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":819893,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/2026\/10\/08\/soccer-exhibit-image.jpg?itok=ysS_pfOC"}}},"media_ids":["681383"],"groups":[{"id":"1281","name":"Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts"},{"id":"1285","name":"Sam Nunn School of International Affairs"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:michael.pearson@iac.gatech.edu\u0022\u003EMichael Pearson\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr\u003EIvan Allen College of Liberal Arts\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["michael.pearson@iac.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}