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Mar 23, 2018 · Triumph, the Untold Story of Perry Wallace: Directed by Rich Gentile, Rich Gentile. With Perry Wallace, Andrew Young, Harry Edwards, Eric Holder. According to Washington Post columnist and best-selling author John Feinstein, "What Perry Wallace accomplished in breaking the color line in the SEC is one of the great untold stories of the last 50 ...
Perry Wallace becomes the first African-American college student to play basketball in the segregated Southeastern Conference in the 1960s. Read More Read Less Reviews Cast...
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Mar 23, 2018 · 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.
Mar 23, 2018 · Perry Wallace's untold story provides a fresh lens on the dramatic struggle for racial equality in a hotbed of hostility during one of America's most turbulent decades. His personal courage and sacrifice changed not only the SEC, but the entire South.
Dec 5, 2017 · Triumph: The Untold Story of Perry Wallace was directed by Rich Gentile. It is narrated by Academy Award-winning actor Forest Whittaker. The film was commissioned by Vanderbilt University, and Zeppos is one of the film’s executive producers. it is not yet commercially released.
Mar 22, 2018 · The documentary “Triumph: The Untold Story of Perry Wallace” looks back at the Vanderbilt student who became the first black basketball player in the SEC in 1967.