Triumph: The Untold Story of Perry Wallace
Perry Wallace was the first black college athlete in the Southeast Conference. This is his story.
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Triumph: The Untold Story of Perry Wallace
4.0201896 min
Documentary
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.
Cast
Forest Whitaker
Narrator (voice)
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Perry Wallace
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Andrew Young
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Harry Edwards
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Eric Holder
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Oscar Robertson
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Marshall Chapman
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Andrew Maraniss
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Roy M. Neel
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Pat Toomay
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Alexander Wolff
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