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Mar 23, 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."
- Rich Gentile, Rich Gentile
- 2018-03-23
- Documentary, Biography, Family
- 95
Perry Wallace becomes the first African-American college student to play basketball in the segregated Southeastern Conference in the 1960s.
- Rich Gentile
- Documentary
Mar 23, 2018 · 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.
Mar 23, 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.
- Rich Gentile
- Perry Wallace
Mar 22, 2018 · The documentary “Triumph: The Untold Story of Perry Wallace” looks back at the Vanderbilt student who became the first black basketball player in the SEC in 1967.
TRIUMPH: THE UNTOLD STORY OF PERRY WALLACE with Director Rich Gentile – Martha's Vineyard Film Society. Directed by Rich Gentile. USA | 2018 | 95 minutes | Not Rated | Biography, Documentary. Buy Tickets. $12 General Admission, $9 Member, $7 child age 14 or younger.
Dec 5, 2017 · Triumph: The Untold Story of Perry Wallace was directed by Rich Gentile. It is narrated by Academy Award-winning actor Forest Whittaker. The film was commissioned by Vanderbilt University, and Zeppos is one of the film’s executive producers. it is not yet commercially released.
