Triumph: The Untold Story of Perry Wallace
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1hr
36mins
Directed by
Rich Gentile,
Bruce D. Johnson,
Rich Gentile,
Starring
Forest Whitaker,
Perry Wallace,
Andrew Young,
Harry Edwards
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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.