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Triumph: The Untold Story of Perry Wallace

Triumph: The Untold Story of Perry Wallace (2018)

2018-03-23 · 96 min · Rating 4.00/10 (1 votes)

Perry Wallace was the first black college athlete in the Southeast Conference. This is his story.

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.

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