Triumph, the Untold Story of Perry Wallace
Director: Rich Gentile
Cast: Andrew Maraniss, Andrew Young, Eric Holder, Forest Whitaker, Harry Edwards, Marshall Chapman, Oscar Robertson, Perry Wallace
Synopsis:
Cast: Andrew Maraniss, Andrew Young, Eric Holder, Forest Whitaker, Harry Edwards, Marshall Chapman, Oscar Robertson, Perry Wallace
Synopsis:
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.
