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23 mar 2018 · 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 years."
Triumph: The Untold Story of Perry Wallace. Perry Wallace becomes the first African-American college student to play basketball in the segregated Southeastern Conference in the 1960s.
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23 mar 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.
A major documentary film narrated by Academy Award winner Forest Whitaker, "Triumph" tells the story of Perry Wallace, the first African American to play bas...
23 mar 2018 · Overview. 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.
The university also commissioned a documentary film, Triumph: The Untold Story of Perry Wallace , which premiered on campus Dec. 4, 2017. Triumph is now available for educational screenings. Together, Mr. Wallace and Mr. Dillard forever changed Vanderbilt, the SEC and our nation. Perry Wallace passed away on December 2, 2017.
Triumph, the Untold Story of Perry Wallace (2017) | MUBI. Awards & Festivals. Santa Barbara International Film Festival. 2018. Cast & Crew. Rich Gentile Director. Critics reviews. Imagine the deep south, SEC Basketball, the 1960’s. Now imagine being the first African American to play in that setting.
