Triumph: The Untold Story of Perry Wallace

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Triumph: The Untold Story of Perry Wallace

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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.

Date: 03/23/2018

Rating: 4.0

Cast: Forest Whitaker, Perry Wallace, Andrew Young, Harry Edwards, Eric Holder, Oscar Robertson, Marshall Chapman, Andrew Maraniss, Roy M. Neel, Pat Toomay, Alexander Wolff

Forest Whitaker