Triumph: The Untold Story of Perry Wallace
Rich Gentile | United States of America
March 23, 2018 | 96m
Perry Wallace was the first black college athlete in the Southeast Conference. This is his story.
Documentary
Overview:
Whenever the phrase "breaking the color line" is used, there's a temptation to invoke Jackie Robinson's story. However, Perry Wallace, the first black college athlete in the Southeast Conference, was a mere teenager who stood all alone at center court in such hotbeds of rabid racism as Starkville, Mississippi and Tuscaloosa, Alabama.
Credits
| Forest Whitaker | Narrator (voice) |
| Perry Wallace | Self |
| Andrew Young | Self |
| Harry Edwards | Self |
| Eric Holder | Self |
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Keywords
sportsbasketballracism
